Garden Ornament (C) to Rear of the Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Garden ornament.

Garden Ornament (C) to Rear of the Manor House

WRENN ID
forbidden-rood-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1986
Type
Garden ornament
Address
Garden Ornament (C) to Rear of the Manor House, Middle Street, Thriplow and Heathfield
OS grid reference
TL 438 463
Coordinates
52.09718, 0.0993
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden ornament located to the rear of The Manor House is a late 17th-century limestone urn, which is incomplete on its stem. It features a cartouche and hart decoration on its panels, along with swags on a moulded plinth. This ornament is one of three that are arranged in a formal garden layout, consisting of two rectangular lawns separated by a path and bordered by miniature box hedges. The property was owned by Sir Christopher Hatton in 1681, who may have also constructed the garden wall.

Local climate

Garden Ornament (C) to Rear of the Manor House 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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