Four Urns, at Rose Garden, at Anglesey Abbey is a Grade II* listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Sculpture.

Four Urns, at Rose Garden, at Anglesey Abbey

WRENN ID
haunted-gravel-khaki
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
Sculpture
Address
Four Urns, at Rose Garden, at Anglesey Abbey, Quy Road, Lode
OS grid reference
TL 529 622
Coordinates
52.23675, 0.2388
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Four urns located at the Rose Garden of Anglesey Abbey date from the early 18th century. Two of the urns were created by P. Scheemakers, and the other two by Laurent Delvaux, both of whom signed their work. The urns are made of white marble. The two inner urns by P. Scheemakers (1691-1781) feature carvings depicting the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, based on the Medici vase in the Uffizi, and the Sacrifice of Apollo. The outer urns by Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778) include one with a Bacchanalian relief and the other showcasing a heroic subject. These urns were originally made before 1728 for Wanstead House in Essex, sold in 1822, and later acquired for Leigh Court in Somerset. They were brought to Anglesey Abbey in 1952. The pedestals of the urns are adorned with decorations of oak leaves, acorns, and female faces.

Local climate

Four Urns, at Rose Garden, 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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