Wall Approximately 20 Metres South of King Alfred's School is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. A C19 Wall.
Wall Approximately 20 Metres South of King Alfred's School
- WRENN ID
- sheer-pinnacle-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SU 396 876
- Coordinates
- 51.58633, -1.42939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wall built around 1849-1850, located approximately 20 meters south of King Alfred's School. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a limestone ashlar coping. The wall has a pointed moulded arch at the gabled entry, which is adorned with stepped coping stones and moulded kneelers. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Wall Approximately 20 Metres South of King Alfred's School receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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