Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to the Priory and the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. Boundary wall, gate piers.
Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to the Priory and the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- floating-rubblework-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1990
- Type
- Boundary wall, gate piers
- Address
- Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to the Priory and the Old Rectory, Sheep Street, Burford
- OS grid reference
- SP 250 123
- Coordinates
- 51.80918, -1.63783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall and gate piers to The Priory and The Old Rectory are likely from the early 20th century, possibly designed by W M Godfrey for E.J. Horniman. They may be located on the site of 17th-century walls. The walls are constructed of coursed and squared rubble and dry-stone rubble. The wall surrounding The Priory is slightly curved and stands about 12 meters high, featuring coping along the top. It includes tall central gate piers with a cornice and gadrooned ogee capping, as well as hinge pilasters topped with scrolls. The boundary wall for The Old Rectory is lower and built at right angles, also made of dry-stone rubble with coping. It has two ashlar gate piers and an end pier with simple capping, along with an oak plank door that has well-crafted early 20th-century strap hinges. This structure is an important feature in the town.
Local climate
Boundary Wall and Gate Piers to the Priory and the Old Rectory 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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