Steps and Flanking Statuary Approximately 20 Metres North West of Ditchley House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Statuary.
Steps and Flanking Statuary Approximately 20 Metres North West of Ditchley House
- WRENN ID
- tilted-flint-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Statuary
- OS grid reference
- SP 390 212
- Coordinates
- 51.88809, -1.43472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps and flanking statuary, located approximately 20 metres northwest of Ditchley House, were designed around 1935 by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe for Ronald and Nancy Tree. Constructed from limestone ashlar, the feature includes a broad flight of three steps that connects the garden front of Ditchley House to the grass terrace created by Jellicoe. On either side of the steps, there are large statues of recumbent lions positioned on ashlar pedestals. These lions are believed to have been imported from Italy. Ditchley Park is also recognized in the English Heritage Historic Gardens Register at Grade II*.
Local climate
Steps and Flanking Statuary Approximately 20 Metres North West of Ditchley House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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