Egyptian Urn in Garden of Lord Leicesters Hospital is a Grade I listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1973. A Classical Ornamental urn.

Egyptian Urn in Garden of Lord Leicesters Hospital

WRENN ID
weathered-pedestal-honey
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Warwick
Constituency
Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1973
Type
Ornamental urn
Period
Classical
Address
Egyptian Urn in Garden of Lord Leicesters Hospital, High Street, CV34 4BH
OS grid reference
SP 280 647
Coordinates
52.28034, -1.5909
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Egyptian urn located in the garden of Lord Leicester's Hospital dates back to 1781. It is an ornamental classical urn made of stone, featuring heavy curved reeding. The urn stands on a stone pedestal that includes a base, cornice, and stepped blocking courses. Originally, this urn was positioned on a nilometer.

Local climate

Egyptian Urn in Garden of Lord Leicesters Hospital receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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