Urn Approximately 50 Metres South West of Terrace Steps on Upper Terrace of Park is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Urn.
Urn Approximately 50 Metres South West of Terrace Steps on Upper Terrace of Park
- WRENN ID
- solemn-flagstone-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Urn
- OS grid reference
- SD 535 286
- Coordinates
- 53.75193, -2.70525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This garden urn is located on a pedestal approximately 50 meters southwest of the terrace steps on the upper terrace of Miller Park in Preston. It dates from around 1865 and features a sandstone ashlar pedestal that is approximately 0.5 meters square and 1.5 meters high. The pedestal has a moulded base and cap, with panelled sides. The large chalice-shaped urn, which is now painted white, has relief decorations that include acanthus leaves, running vines, small figures, and ammonite handles. This urn is one of a set of six that line the upper terrace.
Local climate
Urn Approximately 50 Metres South West of Terrace Steps on Upper Terrace of Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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