Wall Retaining Upper Terrace on Garden Front of Eastnor Castle, and Steps and Arcaded Fountain at South-West End is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1986. Terrace wall, fountain.
Wall Retaining Upper Terrace on Garden Front of Eastnor Castle, and Steps and Arcaded Fountain at South-West End
- WRENN ID
- young-hearth-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1986
- Type
- Terrace wall, fountain
- OS grid reference
- SO 735 368
- Coordinates
- 52.02931, -2.38742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall retaining the upper terrace on the garden front of Eastnor Castle, along with the steps and arcaded fountain at the south-west end, was built between 1811 and 1820 by architect Robert Smirke and altered in the 1870s by G E Fox. The arcaded fountain was added in the late 1880s by Fox for Lady Henry Somerset. The retaining wall is approximately 5 meters high and constructed from coursed and squared rubble. It features corbelled sections, an embattled design, and an ashlar parapet. There is a squared projection at the north end and a smaller off-centre projection. At the south-west end, a flight of steps leads down to the lower terrace. Adjacent to these steps is a tall, triple arcade, which includes a relief panel of arms and supporters in the center, along with a central spout. This spout feeds into a freestanding pillar fountain that is decorated with waterleaf ornament, a stag's head, and a fishscale top. The fountain basin is surrounded by a low wall.
Local climate
Wall Retaining Upper Terrace on Garden Front of Eastnor Castle, and Steps and Arcaded Fountain at South-West End receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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