Gatepier Approximately 20 Metres South of the Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Gatepier.
Gatepier Approximately 20 Metres South of the Dower House
- WRENN ID
- hollow-lime-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Gatepier
- OS grid reference
- SP 480 240
- Coordinates
- 51.91307, -1.30296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This gatepier, located approximately 20 meters south of The Dower House in Rousham Village, dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a moulded plinth and cornice, topped with a ball finial.
Local climate
Gatepier Approximately 20 Metres South of the Dower House 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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