Garden Wall and Entrance of Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1985. Garden wall, entrance.
Garden Wall and Entrance of Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- errant-gable-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1985
- Type
- Garden wall, entrance
- Address
- Garden Wall and Entrance of Old Rectory, Rectory Road, Taplow
- OS grid reference
- SU 910 822
- Coordinates
- 51.53145, -0.68845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall and entrance of the Old Rectory, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, is constructed of red brick. The main entrance features a door set within a rendered surround that includes panelled sides, an entablature, and a blocking course. There is a plain board door for the kitchen entrance. The carriage entrance is fitted with board gates and is flanked by square piers.
Local climate
Garden Wall and Entrance of Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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