Decorative Urn Approximately 25 Metres West of West Front of Aston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Urn.
Decorative Urn Approximately 25 Metres West of West Front of Aston Hall
- WRENN ID
- tall-wattle-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Urn
- OS grid reference
- SJ 325 272
- Coordinates
- 52.83863, -3.00341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This decorative urn, dating from the late 18th century, is made of sandstone and is located approximately 25 meters west of the west front of Aston Hall. The urn features four lion heads at the top of the bowl, which are linked by folded drapery. It has a scalloped underside and a decorated finial. It is believed that the urn may have originally been placed on the parapet of Aston Hall and is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Decorative Urn Approximately 25 Metres West of West Front of Aston Hall receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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