Three Forcing Walls and Attached Greenhouses in Melbourne Hall Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Garden structures.

Three Forcing Walls and Attached Greenhouses in Melbourne Hall Gardens

WRENN ID
pale-rood-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Garden structures
Address
Three Forcing Walls and Attached Greenhouses in Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close
OS grid reference
SK 392 248
Coordinates
52.81951, -1.41974
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Three forcing walls, built around 1704, are located in the gardens of Melbourne Hall. These walls were constructed as part of a French-style garden designed by Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall, with the work carried out by William Cooke of Walcot. The walls are made of red brick with vitrified headers and feature stone copings. Each of the three walls stands 12 feet high and is set about 30 feet apart, with pilaster strips at regular intervals along the southern face. Two of the northern walls have later outbuildings and greenhouses attached. The site is included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Three Forcing Walls and Attached Greenhouses in 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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