Retaining Walls and Steps in Front of the Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Retaining wall and steps.
Retaining Walls and Steps in Front of the Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- tilted-clay-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Retaining wall and steps
- Address
- Retaining Walls and Steps in Front of the Vicarage, New Road, Great Tew
- OS grid reference
- SP 397 288
- Coordinates
- 51.95628, -1.42268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls and steps in front of The Vicarage were likely built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from marlstone ashlar and limestone. The wall features moulded coping and a chamfered plinth that rises to small square piers with moulded caps. Between these piers is a pierced limestone balustrade designed in a fishscale pattern, also topped with a moulded coping. The double flight of steps is set back in the center, with the balustrade extending behind it. A central section of the balustrade in front of the steps slopes downwards to the left and right alongside the stairs. To the left, there is a simpler section of retaining wall, approximately 1 meter high, extending about 20 meters. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Retaining Walls and Steps in Front of the Vicarage 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 64% 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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