Wall and Railings Approximately 60 Metres South South West of Palladian Gateway and 215 Metres West South West of Rousham Park is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Wall, railings.
Wall and Railings Approximately 60 Metres South South West of Palladian Gateway and 215 Metres West South West of Rousham Park
- WRENN ID
- sharp-rubblework-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Wall, railings
- OS grid reference
- SP 475 242
- Coordinates
- 51.91509, -1.30945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wall and railings built in the mid-18th century, located approximately 60 meters south-southwest of the Palladian Gateway and 215 meters west-southwest of Rousham House. The structure features fine wrought-iron gates that are flanked by wrought-iron railings, all supported by a low wall made of squared and coursed limestone. The wall has ashlar coping and ramps upwards at each end. This wall and railings form part of the boundary of Rousham Park, which is recognized as a Grade I site in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens.
Local climate
Wall and Railings Approximately 60 Metres South South West of Palladian Gateway and 215 Metres West South West of Rousham Park 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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