Wall Attached to and East of Woodstock Gate is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. A C18 Wall.

Wall Attached to and East of Woodstock Gate

WRENN ID
sleeping-timber-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1988
Type
Wall
OS grid reference
SP 442 167
Coordinates
51.84732, -1.35865
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall attached to and east of Woodstock Gate is a Grade II listed structure, likely built around 1723 by the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. It is constructed from squared and coursed limestone with an ashlar coping. The wall is L-shaped, measuring approximately 5 by 5 metres. A central ashlar pier features a moulded entablature. Blenheim Park, where this wall is located, is registered as a Grade I park and garden.

Local climate

Wall Attached to and East of Woodstock Gate receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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