Cistern in Walled Garden is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Water cistern.

Cistern in Walled Garden

WRENN ID
third-marble-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Water cistern
Address
Cistern in Walled Garden, Raby with Keverstone
OS grid reference
NZ 128 220
Coordinates
54.5933, -1.80293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water cistern, dated 1746, is located in the walled garden of Raby Castle Park. It is made of lead and has a square shape, standing about one metre high. The front features moulded strapwork decoration, which includes the letters "CC" in a round panel and the date numbers displayed in each of the four corners.

Local climate

Cistern in Walled Garden receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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