Flower Garden Walls at Trentham Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1996. A Victorian Garden wall.
Flower Garden Walls at Trentham Gardens
- WRENN ID
- fading-slate-wind
- 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 wall
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Flower Garden Walls at Trentham Gardens, Stone Road, Swynnerton, Staffordshire, ST4 8JG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 865 408
- Coordinates
- 52.96459, -2.20239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Flower Garden Walls 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. These walls are made from limestone ashlar and enclose the north, east, and west sides of the roughly square flower garden located to the south of Trentham Hall.
The walls are low, featuring a moulded base and top, and are accentuated by squat square pillars with fielded panelled sides. Both the east and west walls have a semi-circular seat at their centre, which aligns with the central axis of the garden. These seats are similar to the one located to the north of the triple-arched pavilion, which is also listed as Grade II. The north wall includes a set of steps at its centre that would have led up to the terrace situated between the conservatory and dining room of the main house. Each wall is accompanied by a flower bed with curbed edges.
Local climate
Flower Garden Walls at 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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- 1 Garden Pavilion at Trentham Gardens
- 2 Retaining wall, balustrade and steps between the flower and parterre gardens, Trentham Gardens
- 3 Retaining wall, balustrade, steps and boathouse, Trentham Gardens
- 4 Remains of Trentham Hall: The Grand Entrance and conservatory
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- Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Remains of Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Remains of Trentham Hall: orangery, sculpture gallery and clock tower
- Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Railings North Church of St Mary and All Saints
- Remains of Trentham Hall: former stable block and service quarters
- Arbour Trellis at Trentham Gardens
- Bridge north-west of the Church of St Mary And All Saints, Trentham Gardens