Ha-Ha in the Old 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 in the Old Park
- WRENN ID
- gentle-fireplace-starling
- 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 in the Old Park, Wrest Park, Silsoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 087 349
- Coordinates
- 52.00236, -0.41736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ha-ha in the Old Park is a 18th-century structure made of sandstone, featuring larger blocks at the base and flat coping. It extends approximately 400 meters and has a curvilinear shape with a ditch on its southern side. The ha-ha runs across the Old Park, starting from the boundary with the Great Gardens on the east and continuing to the north-south bridleway that roughly marks the original extent of the park on the west side. Some short sections have weathered and experienced minor displacement of stonework.
Local climate
Ha-Ha in the Old 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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