Arched Folly in the Garden of the Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1993. Folly.
Arched Folly in the Garden of the Limes
- WRENN ID
- empty-garret-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1993
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- Arched Folly in the Garden of the Limes, Belle Vue Road, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 495 119
- Coordinates
- 52.70246, -2.7485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The arched folly in the garden of The Limes is an early 19th-century structure, installed in the 1860s. It is made of stone and features an arcade of three arches that are finely carved with rosettes and other decorative details. This folly is part of a stone screen designed by John Carline, which was originally removed from the Church of St Mary Magdalene. It was later installed in the garden by the architect Samuel Pountney Smith, who was both the owner and builder of The Limes.
Local climate
Arched Folly in the Garden of the Limes receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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