Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Wall at West Entrance to Shipton Court is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1986. Gates and wall.

Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Wall at West Entrance to Shipton Court

WRENN ID
rooted-stone-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1986
Type
Gates and wall
Address
Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Wall at West Entrance to Shipton Court, High Street, Shipton-Under-Wychwood
OS grid reference
SP 276 175
Coordinates
51.85569, -1.59926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates, gatepiers, and flanking wall at the west entrance to Shipton Court were built around 1903, possibly incorporating materials from the 18th century. They feature ashlar walls and piers, along with wrought-iron railings and gates designed in an 18th-century style. The low ashlar wall has coping that projects forward at regular intervals over wall buttresses, connecting two sets of stables and contributing to the symmetrical layout of Shipton Court. The tall ashlar gatepiers have pilasters, a moulded cornice, and ball finials, with chamfered inner corners. The large wrought-iron gates display high-quality scroll-work and leaf designs in their upper sections, with enriched hinge panels. There are also flanking pedestrian gates that feature over-throws in a similar style.

Local climate

Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Wall at West Entrance to Shipton Court receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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