Garden Shelter Approximately 700 Metres South East of National Westminster Bank Staff College is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Garden shelter.

Garden Shelter Approximately 700 Metres South East of National Westminster Bank Staff College

WRENN ID
tenth-quartz-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1988
Type
Garden shelter
OS grid reference
SP 369 259
Coordinates
51.93064, -1.46467
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This garden shelter, located approximately 700 meters southeast of the National Westminster Bank Staff College, is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a semi-circular plan. The shallow-gabled front has a moulded coping with three bases for missing finials and includes a wide depressed-arched opening. Inside, there is a hemispherical stone vault. Heythrop Park, where this shelter is situated, is listed at Grade II* in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens.

Local climate

Garden Shelter Approximately 700 Metres South East of National Westminster Bank Staff College receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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