Manor House, Garden Walls Including Two Gates and Gateways is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. A C18 Garden walls.

Manor House, Garden Walls Including Two Gates and Gateways

WRENN ID
heavy-baluster-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1990
Type
Garden walls
Address
Manor House, Garden Walls Including Two Gates and Gateways, Westwell
OS grid reference
SP 223 098
Coordinates
51.78672, -1.67733
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manor House garden walls, including two gates and gateways, date from the 16th century, were remodeled in the 18th century, and restored around 1912 for Sir Roger Sothern Holland. The walls are constructed of coursed rubble and feature 18th-century buttresses, standing approximately 3 meters high with plain coping. They enclose the garden to the south of the Manor House and are said to incorporate a tablet with a Cardinal's hat, indicating that the Manor belonged to Christ Church, along with the date 1561.

The gateway located immediately south of the dovecote is an 18th-century wrought-iron structure with an over-throw and side panels. This gateway aligns with the south entrance of the Manor House and features a flat arch, rubble piers, and sphinx capping. The wall extends around the garden to the east and south, connecting with the dovecote on the west side, which also includes a doorway and the northern section of the west wall.

Local climate

Manor House, Garden Walls Including Two Gates and Gateways receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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