Bridge and Retaining Walls to Middle Moat at Beckley Park is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Bridge.
Bridge and Retaining Walls to Middle Moat at Beckley Park
- WRENN ID
- old-stone-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge and Retaining Walls to Middle Moat at Beckley Park, Beckley and Stowood
- OS grid reference
- SP 577 119
- Coordinates
- 51.8034, -1.16441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bridge and retaining walls to the middle moat at Beckley Park date from the 16th century, with the walls possibly being older. Constructed from limestone rubble and brickwork, the stone bridge features two plain semi-circular arches, masonry parapets, and a pitched stone pavement. A rubble wall runs along the inner side of the moat, starting from the left gable wall of Beckley Park and extending to the southern corner of the moat, where it turns north-east for a few metres. To the right of the bridge, there are five raking buttresses, and the section directly in front of the house is raised with old brickwork. The house itself was likely built by Lord Williams of Thame around 1540 on the site of an earlier 13th-century lodge established by Richard, Earl of Cornwall. A square gazebo located at the angle of the moat was added in the 20th century.
Local climate
Bridge and Retaining Walls to Middle Moat at Beckley Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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