The Oxford Gate, Gate Piers and Lodges is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A Georgian Gate piers and lodges.
The Oxford Gate, Gate Piers and Lodges
- WRENN ID
- pale-screen-nettle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers and lodges
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Oxford Gate, Gate Piers and Lodges, Stowe
- OS grid reference
- SP 666 366
- Coordinates
- 52.02441, -1.03064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Oxford Gate, gate piers, and lodges are a Grade I listed structure located at Stowe School. The gate piers were designed around 1730 by architect William Kent and were relocated to their current position in the later 18th century. They feature large rusticated piers with a semi-circular headed arch and a carved coat of arms set within a frieze pediment. Small outer pavilions were added by Valdre. The structure includes vermiculated quoins and keyblocks, topped with ogee roofs that have ball finials.
Local climate
The Oxford Gate, Gate Piers and Lodges 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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