Iron Railings Surrounding the Playing Close is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1990. Iron railings.
Iron Railings Surrounding the Playing Close
- WRENN ID
- vast-cloister-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1990
- Type
- Iron railings
- Address
- Iron Railings Surrounding the Playing Close, Charlbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 358 195
- Coordinates
- 51.87339, -1.4811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Iron railings surrounding The Playing Close date from the 19th century and are made of iron. The railings enclose the area with entrances located at four corners along the two longer sides and next to the fountain. The posts are tapering and fluted, featuring square heads, with some still having ball finials. The railings consist of round-section rails. On the east side, two of the posts are embossed with "R.FOORT/OXFORD," while two posts at the northeast corner are embossed with "DEAN & SON OXFORD."
Local climate
Iron Railings Surrounding the Playing Close 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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