Fountain in Monks Monks' Garden at Ashridge Management College is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Fountain. 9 related planning applications.
Fountain in Monks Monks' Garden at Ashridge Management College
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain in Monks Monks' Garden at Ashridge Management College, Little Gaddesden, HP4 1NS
- OS grid reference
- SP 993 120
- Coordinates
- 51.79859, -0.56082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain in Monks' Garden at Ashridge Management College is a Grade II listed structure designed by Jeffry Wyatt and cast by Mr. Parker of Argyle Street, London in 1820. It serves as the centerpiece of the Holy Well in Humphry Repton's Monks' Garden, which was designed in 1813 and executed under the supervision of the Countess of Bridgewater. The fountain is made of painted cast iron and features a tall crested and buttressed Gothic conduit head, reportedly made up of 200 separate castings.
Local climate
Fountain in Monks Monks' Garden at Ashridge Management College sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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