Five Flights of Steps Between Terraces at Melbourne Hall Gardens is a Grade I listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1967. A C18 Garden steps.

Five Flights of Steps Between Terraces at Melbourne Hall Gardens

WRENN ID
grey-quartz-jet
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1967
Type
Garden steps
Address
Five Flights of Steps Between Terraces at Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close
OS grid reference
SK 390 249
Coordinates
52.82104, -1.42149
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The five flights of steps between the terraces at Melbourne Hall Gardens were constructed around 1704 as part of a French style garden designed by the Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall. The work was carried out by William Cooke of Walcot. Made of stone, the steps consist of two flights on either side of the terrace and one central flight. Each flight has ten steps featuring moulded nosings and low retaining walls on either side, which end in low square piers. These piers are now topped with later gadrooned urns. The top step of each flight is wide and has diamond patterned paving. This feature is included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Five Flights of Steps Between Terraces at Melbourne Hall Gardens sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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