Burford Primary School Together with Forecourt Wall and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. Primary school. 1 related planning application.

Burford Primary School Together with Forecourt Wall and Railings

WRENN ID
buried-mortar-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1990
Type
Primary school
Address
Burford Primary School Together with Forecourt Wall and Railings, Priory Lane, OX18 4SG
OS grid reference
SP 251 123
Coordinates
51.80919, -1.63726
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Burford Primary School, along with its boundary wall and railings, was built in 1877. The school features coursed and squared rubble with a plain tile roof and is designed in a vernacular style. Notable architectural elements include coped gables with steps that have party traceries, cut and shaped finials, and mullioned windows with transoms and cornices. The building is a single storey with three gables at the front. The left-hand gable projects by one bay and is wider, featuring corbelled finials and a three-light window, along with a string course that includes a lozenge date panel. The two right-hand gables extend above the eaves and have side pilasters topped with ball finials, flanking a broached chimney with a diagonal shaft at its base. There is a heavy bellcote on the east gable with an arched opening. Access to the school is through a low extension with a gable to the left, which has a moulded elliptical-headed doorway and a three-light transom window with a cornice and corbelled ball finials, extended by a short bay to the right. The boundary wall is constructed of rubble and features chamfered coping with wall-buttresses that support ball-copped dies, short railings with flattened heads between them, and three gateways. The railings connect the school to the wall.

Local climate

Burford Primary School Together with Forecourt Wall and Railings 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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