Gate House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1990. Toll house.
Gate House
- WRENN ID
- standing-pediment-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1990
- Type
- Toll house
- Address
- Gate House, Enstone Road, Charlbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 360 198
- Coordinates
- 51.87587, -1.47833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gate House is a toll house built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble with ashlar quoins and features timber lintels. The roof is hipped and covered with stone slates, and there is a brick chimney located in the valley of the roof. The building has a two-span plan with a projecting canted wing on the left side. It stands two storeys high and has a two-window range that includes large-paned sashes with vertical glazing bars. The entrance is located on the right side, and there is a lean-to extension at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. The road on which it stands was turnpiked between 1798 and 1800 and was disturnpiked in 1877.
Local climate
Gate House 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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