Ha Ha Forming Northern Boundary of the Gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse West Front is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1985. Ha-ha.
Ha Ha Forming Northern Boundary of the Gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse West Front
- WRENN ID
- guardian-bracket-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Constituency
- Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP: John Healey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1985
- Type
- Ha-ha
- OS grid reference
- SK 395 978
- Coordinates
- 53.47584, -1.40611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ha-ha forming the northern boundary of the gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse's west front is an 18th-century structure built for the Wentworth estate. It is made of coursed dressed sandstone and features a straight retaining wall that creates a ha-ha, with a ditch to the north. This structure connects the Stable block with the circular-walled garden to the north of Wentworth Woodhouse. The wall is slightly battered and stands approximately 2 meters high, topped with weathered copings. There are later iron railings present, which are not of special interest. The ha-ha is included for its group value.
Local climate
Ha Ha Forming Northern Boundary of the Gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse West Front 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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