East Formal Garden, Steps in South West Corner is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Garden feature.

East Formal Garden, Steps in South West Corner

WRENN ID
old-column-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1988
Type
Garden feature
Address
East Formal Garden, Steps in South West Corner, Blenheim
OS grid reference
SP 441 160
Coordinates
51.84153, -1.36007
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The East Formal Garden steps, located in the southwest corner, were built in 1908 by Achille Duchene. Made of limestone, the structure features two flights of five steps each, accompanied by plain balustrades and piers with panelled sides. These steps are part of Duchene's design for the East Formal Garden, which was created for the Ninth Duke of Marlborough. Blenheim Park, where these steps are situated, is listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.

Local climate

East Formal Garden, Steps in South West Corner 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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