Lodge Approximately 10 Metres South South East of Palladiam Gateway is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. Lodge.

Lodge Approximately 10 Metres South South East of Palladiam Gateway

WRENN ID
quiet-rubblework-holly
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1957
Type
Lodge
OS grid reference
SP 476 243
Coordinates
51.91583, -1.30896
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This lodge, built around 1733-1740 by William Kent, is located approximately 10 meters south-southeast of the Palladian Gateway at Rousham Park Gardens. Constructed from limestone ashlar, it features a gabled stone slate roof and stands two stories tall with three bays. The central projecting bay includes two niches above a storey band and a semi-circular archway with imposts. The outer bays also have similar niches. The building is topped with a crenelled parapet that has graduated niches on the stepped gable ends. At the rear, there is a semi-circular archway leading to a cowhouse. Inside, a sheltered seat faces the Palladian Gateway. This lodge is part of the landscape gardens designed by William Kent during the same period. Rousham Park is recognized as a Grade I site in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens.

Local climate

Lodge Approximately 10 Metres South South East of Palladiam Gateway sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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