Herm Approximately 86 Metres North North East of Rousham Park and at North East Corner of Bowling Green is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. Herm.
Herm Approximately 86 Metres North North East of Rousham Park and at North East Corner of Bowling Green
- WRENN ID
- proud-turret-coral
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Herm
- OS grid reference
- SP 478 243
- Coordinates
- 51.91529, -1.30535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Herm is located approximately 86 metres north-north-east of Rousham Park and at the north-east corner of the bowling green. It was built around 1733 to 1740 and is made of limestone. The carved head of the Herm depicts Minerva, with a relief carving of an owl beneath it. This structure is part of the landscape gardens designed by William Kent during the same period. Rousham Park is recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.
Local climate
Herm Approximately 86 Metres North North East of Rousham Park and at North East Corner of Bowling Green 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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