Monument to Capability Brown to west of Broad Water is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Monument.
Monument to Capability Brown to west of Broad Water
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Capability Brown to west of Broad Water, Wrest Park, Silsoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 093 350
- Coordinates
- 52.00314, -0.40846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Monument to Capability Brown, located to the west of the Broad Water, is a Grade II listed structure made primarily of Ketton stone. This monument takes the form of a Doric column, standing approximately 6 metres tall, which is interrupted by two rusticated blocks. At the top, it features a stone finial decorated with acanthus leaves. The column rests on a rectangular plinth that has a moulded base and cap, complete with large torus moulding. On the south side of the plinth, there is an inscription that reads: 'These gardens originally laid out by Henry Duke of Kent, were altered by Philip Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Marchioness Grey, with the professional assistance of Lancelot Brown Esq. in the years 1758, 1759, 1760.'
Local climate
Monument to Capability Brown to west of Broad Water 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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- Chinese Bridge across north end of Broad Water
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- Statue at West End of Ladies Lake
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- Ha-Ha on the east side of Wrest Park
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- Statue of William III 30m north of the Archer Pavilion
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