Railed Enclosure Close to South West Corner of Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. A C19 Railed enclosure.
Railed Enclosure Close to South West Corner of Tower
- WRENN ID
- ruined-moulding-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1983
- Type
- Railed enclosure
- Address
- Railed Enclosure Close to South West Corner of Tower, the Square, Blockley
- OS grid reference
- SP 164 349
- Coordinates
- 52.01235, -1.76193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railed enclosure near the south-west corner of the tower dates from around 1800. It features a square palisade made of cast iron railings topped with flame-tips and supported by urn-shaped standards. Inside the enclosure, there are two stone table tombs, and at the time of the resurvey, it also contained fragrant shrubs.
Local climate
Railed Enclosure Close to South West Corner of Tower receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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