Arches at Each End of North Front of Mansion is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A Circa 1740 Arch.

Arches at Each End of North Front of Mansion

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Arch
Address
Arches at Each End of North Front of Mansion, Stowe
OS grid reference
SP 673 374
Coordinates
52.03147, -1.01961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The arches at each end of the north front of Stowe School, formerly part of Stowe House, are a pair of Doric-Baroque arches dating from around 1740, designed by the architect Leoni. They are constructed of ashlar stone and are positioned at right angles to the facade of the house. Above the arches are pediments, with large scrolls on either side that connect the arches to smaller pedimented niches in the flanking stone walls.

Local climate

Arches at Each End of North Front of Mansion 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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