Pair of Urns, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. A Early Modern Monument.

Pair of Urns, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey

WRENN ID
tilted-granite-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1984
Type
Monument
Period
Early Modern
Address
Pair of Urns, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Lode
OS grid reference
TL 532 622
Coordinates
52.23734, 0.24282
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of urns, dating from around 1700, is located at Emperor's Walk in Anglesey Abbey. Made of bronze, the urns have oviform shapes with flared rims. They are of French origin and were previously situated at Campsea Ashe in Suffolk.

Local climate

Pair of Urns, at Emperor's Walk, at Anglesey Abbey sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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