Garden seating and flanking urns at north end of terrace in front of east side of Keele Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Garden seating.

Garden seating and flanking urns at north end of terrace in front of east side of Keele Hall

WRENN ID
mired-beam-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1985
Type
Garden seating
Address
Garden seating and flanking urns at north end of terrace in front of east side of Keele Hall, Keele University
OS grid reference
SJ 820 447
Coordinates
53.00013, -2.2696
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden seating and flanking urns are located at the north end of the terrace in front of the east side of Keele Hall. They were likely created between 1860 and 1880, possibly by the designer William Andrews Nesfield. The structure is made of sandstone ashlar and features a semi-circular garden seat, which is flanked by two highly decorated urns on square pedestals at the front.

These elements are included in association with Keele Hall. Nesfield had proposed plans for an arboretum as early as the 1840s, although these plans were never realized. It is likely that the garden seating was installed during the time of Salvin's rebuilding of the hall. This type of garden furniture was a common feature in early and mid-Victorian garden design.

Local climate

Garden seating and flanking urns at north end of terrace in front of east side of Keele Hall receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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