The Vase is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Garden building.

The Vase

WRENN ID
keen-belfry-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1987
Type
Garden building
Address
The Vase, Wellingtonia Avenue, Biddulph
OS grid reference
SJ 897 590
Coordinates
53.1284, -2.15501
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Vase is an ornamental garden building located in Biddulph Grange, dating from the mid-19th century. It is made of stone and features a large rim with a diameter of approximately 1.5 meters, set on a waisted bowl. The structure has a moulded stem and stands on a circular plinth, reaching a total height of 2 meters. It marks the end of the vista along Wellingtonia Avenue, aligned with a clipped yew hedge square that corresponds with the former terrace outside Bateman's study.

Local climate

The Vase receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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