Ha-Ha on the east side of Wrest Park is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2012. Ha-ha.
Ha-Ha on the east side of Wrest Park
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-buttress-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 2012
- Type
- Ha-ha
- Address
- Ha-Ha on the east side of Wrest Park, Silsoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 093 353
- Coordinates
- 52.00546, -0.40833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ha-ha on the east side of Wrest Park is a Grade II listed structure built from sandstone, featuring larger blocks at the base and flat coping. It runs approximately north to south in a linear fashion, extending about 400 meters, with a ditch on its eastern side. This feature separates the designed garden from the wider parkland, serving to prevent deer and other wildlife from entering the pleasure gardens.
Local climate
Ha-Ha on the east side of Wrest Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Chinese Bridge across north end of Broad Water
- Chinese Summerhouse to south side of North Broad Water
- Group of Six Statues 270m South of Wrest Park House
- Monument to Capability Brown to west of Broad Water
- Statue at West End of Ladies Lake
- Railings, gates, piers and urns to south side of South Parterre (also known as the French Garden)
- Le Petit Trianon (also known as The Wendy House)
- Statue of Mercury and Cupid on East Side of Long Canal, 70m from North End
- Four Statuary Groups in the South Parterre (also known as the French Garden) south of Wrest House, depicting Aeneas and Anchises, the Abduction of Helen of Troy, Venus and Adonis and Meleager and Atalanta
- Former Brewhouse, Link Block, Pump House and Fire Engine House Range in the Service Yard at Wrest Park House