Gateway and Walls to Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. Gateway.
Gateway and Walls to Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- kindled-stronghold-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1986
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway and Walls to Almshouses, Church Street, Chipping Norton
- OS grid reference
- SP 313 272
- Coordinates
- 51.94306, -1.54599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and walls to the Almshouses in Chipping Norton were built in 1640, at the same time as the Almshouses themselves. The structure is made of ashlar stone and features a cambered archway with the inscription 'Remember the Poor' carved above it. There is a moulded cornice that rises to a bevelled plinth, which supports a strapwork panel. Originally, there were three ball finials—two on either side and one on top of the panel—but these have since disappeared. Between the stone piers, there is a 19th-century plank gate with plain arched battens and studs. Low stone walls extend from the gateway to both ends of the Almshouses plot.
Local climate
Gateway and Walls to Almshouses receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings