Garden Urn 28 Metres North of Rufford Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. Garden urn.
Garden Urn 28 Metres North of Rufford Abbey
- WRENN ID
- quiet-tin-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1986
- Type
- Garden urn
- OS grid reference
- SK 645 648
- Coordinates
- 53.17726, -1.03505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This garden urn, dating from the mid-18th century, is located 28 meters north of Rufford Abbey. It was likely removed from the parapet of the Abbey. The urn is made of ashlar stone and sits on a rendered brick plinth. It features a chamfered square plinth that supports the urn, which has a stepped square base and a ringed octagonal stem. The body of the urn is vase-shaped and octagonal, topped with four scallops that form a crest. The urn is flanked by single mermaid supporters.
Local climate
Garden Urn 28 Metres North of Rufford Abbey sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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