Three Pairs of Vases Flanking Central Path of Upper Terrace in Melbourne Hall Gardens is a Grade I listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Garden feature.

Three Pairs of Vases Flanking Central Path of Upper Terrace in Melbourne Hall Gardens

WRENN ID
ancient-barrel-merlin
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Garden feature
Address
Three Pairs of Vases Flanking Central Path of Upper Terrace in Melbourne Hall Gardens, Church Close
OS grid reference
SK 390 249
Coordinates
52.8211, -1.42223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Three pairs of urns are located flanking the central path of the upper terrace in Melbourne Hall Gardens. These urns date from the early 18th century and are possibly the work of Samuel Watson. They were installed 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 urns are made of stone and feature panelled stone bases on stepped plinths, with thistle-shaped vases resting on tapering bases. Each urn has a gadrooned base to the bowl and fluted sides. The site is included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Three Pairs of Vases Flanking Central Path of Upper Terrace 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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