Ha Ha Approximately 100 Metres to West of Sandbeck Park (House) is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1987. A Georgian Landscape feature.

Ha Ha Approximately 100 Metres to West of Sandbeck Park (House)

WRENN ID
proud-pediment-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rother Valley MP: Jake Richards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 April 1987
Type
Landscape feature
OS grid reference
SK 567 902
Coordinates
53.40593, -1.14741
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ha-ha located approximately 100 metres to the west of Sandbeck Park is a Grade II listed feature, constructed around 1771-73. It is likely designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown for the Earl of Scarbrough. The structure is made of coursed magnesian limestone rubble and consists of a dry-stone retaining wall that is topped with an overhanging course. This wall serves as a division between the parkland and the gardens of Sandbeck Park. The ha-ha is set in a curve, extending approximately 100 metres west of the house, and it turns at a set of steps to continue south-west. At one point, it forms a bastion before meeting with the woodland. Historical records, specifically a labourer's wage book, indicate that much of the construction work on ha-has around the house took place during the years 1771-73.

Local climate

Ha Ha Approximately 100 Metres to West of Sandbeck Park (House) receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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