Balustrade, fountain and retaining walls to pools in Italian Garden, approximately 70 metres to west of Lilleshall Hall. is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Garden feature.
Balustrade, fountain and retaining walls to pools in Italian Garden, approximately 70 metres to west of Lilleshall Hall.
- WRENN ID
- twisted-jade-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Garden feature
- OS grid reference
- SJ 747 144
- Coordinates
- 52.72722, -2.3752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The balustrade, fountain, and retaining walls to the pools in the Italian Garden, located approximately 70 metres west of Lilleshall Hall, were built around 1900. The structure is made of ashlar and has a square plan measuring approximately 25 by 30 metres, featuring central entrances on the east and west sides. The balustrade includes shaped balusters and square end and intermediate piers topped with urn finials, with eight steps leading down from the east. At the center is an octagonal pool with a fountain featuring a central figure, surrounded by four square pools and footpaths that have inlaid lead designs and patterns.
Local climate
Balustrade, fountain and retaining walls to pools in Italian Garden, approximately 70 metres to west of Lilleshall Hall. receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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