Forecourt Walls, Railings, Gates and Alleyway Gateway of Methodist Church is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Church.
Forecourt Walls, Railings, Gates and Alleyway Gateway of Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- upper-spindle-crow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Forecourt Walls, Railings, Gates and Alleyway Gateway of Methodist Church, High Street, Burford
- OS grid reference
- SP 251 122
- Coordinates
- 51.80828, -1.63634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls, railings, gates, and alleyway gateway of the Methodist Church date from around 1720 to 1730. They are made of wrought iron and feature ashlar plinth walls that are raised to follow the slope of the ground. The walls have rounded returns to the Classical building on the north side and to the alleyway on the south side. The wall includes a moulded plinth and buttress panels beneath the panelled standards of the railings. The layout consists of a 1:2 entrance and 2:1 bays, with arrowhead railings and scroll-work panels that include overthrows. Each end has shaped finial standards. The central entrance features elaborate hinge and plate panels along with a linking overthrow, and the gate has an arched upper rail. The archway to the alleyway, which connects the entrance railings to the former Chapel House on the right, is rusticated and includes pilasters and an elliptical arch with a keystone.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls, Railings, Gates and Alleyway Gateway of Methodist Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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