Stone Elephant and Castle in Garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. Sculpture. 1 related planning application.
Stone Elephant and Castle in Garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- roaming-lime-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1984
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Stone Elephant and Castle in Garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage, Stone House Lane, Peckforton, CW6 9UH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 538 565
- Coordinates
- 53.10451, -2.69149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stone Elephant and Castle is located in the garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage on Stone House Lane in Peckforton. This structure, dating from around 1859, was carved by local stonemason John Watson. It features a red sandstone elephant with a castle howdah, both carved from solid pieces of stone. The elephant stands on a large flat base and has a saddle with straps and tassels that supports the castle above. The castle includes a gatehouse topped with a turret that has crenellations and arrow slots, leading to a keep with matching corner turrets. The castle walls are detailed with courses, and the windows are adorned with arches that contain glass.
Local climate
Stone Elephant and Castle in Garden of Elephant and Castle Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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