Retaining wall, balustrade and steps between the flower and parterre gardens, Trentham Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1996. Garden feature.
Retaining wall, balustrade and steps between the flower and parterre gardens, Trentham Gardens
- WRENN ID
- keen-pavement-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1996
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Retaining wall, balustrade and steps between the flower and parterre gardens, Trentham Gardens, Stone Road, Swynnerton, Staffordshire, ST4 8JG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 865 407
- Coordinates
- 52.96432, -2.20182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall, balustrade, and steps between the flower and parterre gardens at Trentham Gardens were built between 1833 and 1842 as part of Charles Barry’s redesign of Trentham Hall and Gardens for the 2nd Duke of Sutherland.
The structure is positioned between the upper flower garden to the north and the lower parterre to the south. It runs in a linear fashion, oriented roughly east-west, featuring a central set of semi-circular steps that connect the two garden levels.
Made from limestone ashlar, the low wall retains the ground between the upper and lower terraces and is topped with a bottle balustrade that has a moulded base and rails, supported by squat square pillars. The pillars are currently topped with vases, which may be replacements, and the two center pillars are missing their vases. To the west, the wall ends at a pavilion that is also listed as Grade II. In the middle of the wall, there is an opening with six shallow semi-circular steps that provide access between the upper and lower terraces.
Local climate
Retaining wall, balustrade and steps between the flower and parterre gardens, Trentham Gardens receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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