Terraces, Steps and Parterre Kerbs at Merevale Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1988. Terraces and steps.
Terraces, Steps and Parterre Kerbs at Merevale Hall
- WRENN ID
- other-pewter-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1988
- Type
- Terraces and steps
- OS grid reference
- SP 295 974
- Coordinates
- 52.57364, -1.56522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terraces, steps, and parterre kerbs at Merevale Hall are notable landscape features likely designed by Edward Blore or Henry Clutton in the 1840s, with additional work by W.A. Nesfield around 1850. Constructed from sandstone ashlar, the south-east terrace consists of eight bays, each with stone pedestals that support white stone vases featuring handles on paired bearded heads and fluted stems, which were acquired from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, around 1926. The fifth bay includes a flight of steps, flanked by pedestals with cartouches and two vases on each side. The two parterre beds on the terrace are designed with elaborate patterns and have stone kerbs. The terraces to the north-east and west are characterized by high retaining walls and coped parapets. The north-east side features an outer staircase with an Elizabethan-style arcaded balustrade, while the north-west side has a lower central section that includes additional Drayton Manor vases. These elements contribute to a formal garden layout designed by W.A. Nesfield around 1850.
Local climate
Terraces, Steps and Parterre Kerbs at Merevale Hall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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