Ashdown House, Pavilion and Attached Wall Approximately 20 Metres South East is a Grade I listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1952. A C17 Pavilion.

Ashdown House, Pavilion and Attached Wall Approximately 20 Metres South East

WRENN ID
old-parapet-aspen
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1952
Type
Pavilion
OS grid reference
SU 282 820
Coordinates
51.53623, -1.59431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashdown House Pavilion, built around 1662, is one of a pair associated with Ashdown House. It features imitation stone render, limestone dressings, and quoins, along with a stone slate roof and limestone stacks. The pavilion has a 1.5-storey, 5-window range, with the front facing Ashdown House. The central entrance consists of a late 19th-century, 6-panelled door framed by a limestone eared architrave, a semi-circular arch with a raised key, and a decorative fanlight. The windows are 4-light wood-mullioned and transomed casements with 20th-century plate glass and limestone eared architraves, complemented by four gabled dormers with moulded cornices and 20th-century casements.

The rear elevation mirrors the front with identical windows and five similar dormers, including a raised central dormer. The north gable end features a blind door with a limestone eared architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a moulded cornice. The building has a moulded plinth, raised and chamfered quoins, and a dentilled wood cornice, topped by a hipped roof with a bell cupola and end stacks with moulded caps. A square block with similar detailing is attached to the right corner, which has a front planked door with a limestone eared architrave.

Inside, there are mutilated chalk fireplaces on the left and right. The dog-leg staircase opposite the entry has no surviving balusters. The rear right wall features limestone ashlar with a moulded plinth and coping, divided into two bays by piers with banded rustication, a moulded cornice, and ball finials. A 20th-century garage has been built against the front wall of the right gable of the pavilion.

Local climate

Ashdown House, Pavilion and Attached Wall Approximately 20 Metres South East receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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