The Doric Arch is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. Arch.
The Doric Arch
- WRENN ID
- hushed-shingle-sunrise
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Arch
- Address
- The Doric Arch, Stowe
- OS grid reference
- SP 676 371
- Coordinates
- 52.02889, -1.0152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Doric Arch is a small stone arch built in 1767, located at Stowe School. It features fluted pilasters that support an entablature and a blocking course with an inscription. The arch frames a semi-circular headed arch and includes a medallion of Princess Amelia, the daughter of George II, to whom the arch is dedicated. The design may be attributed to Thomas Pitt or Lord Temple, or possibly a collaboration between the two.
Local climate
The Doric Arch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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