North One of Pair of Lead Troughs Approximately 35 Metres East of Woburn Abbey South Wing is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Water trough.

North One of Pair of Lead Troughs Approximately 35 Metres East of Woburn Abbey South Wing

WRENN ID
waning-wicket-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1987
Type
Water trough
OS grid reference
SP 965 325
Coordinates
51.98262, -0.59589
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The north one of a pair of lead troughs, located approximately 35 metres east of the south wing of Woburn Abbey, is a Grade II listed water trough dated 1771. It features the initials DB within its design and HWT scratched lower down. Made of lead, the trough is rectangular, standing under 1 metre high and approximately 1.5 metres wide. It has moulded decoration of overlapping geometrical panels that include a variety of decorative motifs such as St George and the dragon, scallop shells, winged putti, and paterae. Additionally, above the initials, there is a coronet and a ram, which represent the Bedford crest. This trough forms a pair with the south trough, which is not identical but shares some of the same decorative motifs.

Local climate

North One of Pair of Lead Troughs Approximately 35 Metres East of Woburn Abbey South Wing sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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