The Rotunda Approximately 600 Metres West North West of Ditchley House is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. Garden temple.
The Rotunda Approximately 600 Metres West North West of Ditchley House
- WRENN ID
- ruined-eave-myrtle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Garden temple
- OS grid reference
- SP 384 213
- Coordinates
- 51.88949, -1.44246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rotunda is a garden temple located approximately 600 meters west-northwest of Ditchley House, built around 1760 by Stiff Leadbetter for the Earl of Litchfield. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a circular plan. The temple is surrounded by a circular Ionic colonnade, with the rear section consisting of a solid wall and corresponding pilasters. This colonnade supports a heavy entablature and a lead-covered dome. The base is rusticated and decagonal, with five round-headed openings at the front, while the rear is mostly hidden by a turf double ramp that leads to a panelled door at first-floor level. Between the columns, there is a delicate iron balustrade. Inside, the dome is adorned with plaster coffering and a modillion cornice. An arched opening beneath the ramp provides access to the enclosed rear section of the base. The Rotunda serves as the principal focal point from the rear of Ditchley House. Ditchley Park is also listed in the English Heritage Historic Gardens Register at Grade II*.
Local climate
The Rotunda Approximately 600 Metres West North West of Ditchley House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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