Woodstock Gate is a Grade I listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. A Georgian Arcade.
Woodstock Gate
- WRENN ID
- distant-mortar-moss
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1957
- Type
- Arcade
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Woodstock Gate, Blenheim
- OS grid reference
- SP 442 167
- Coordinates
- 51.8473, -1.35882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodstock Gate is a triumphal arch built in 1723 by Nicholas Hawksmoor. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a keyed semi-circular archway flanked by two orders of Corinthian columns, which are set on a panelled plinth and support an entablature with an inscription on a narrow attic. The rusticated flanking walls are terminated by drum piers and include 18th-century panelled doors set in semi-circular arched doorways, which have lions' heads carved on the keystones. This gateway was created to provide a more convenient entrance for visitors coming from Woodstock. The flanking doors were originally made before 1710 for the garden east of the palace and were relocated to this site in 1773. The builders of the arch were Peisley and Townesend.
Local climate
Woodstock Gate receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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