Garden Urn at Beechwood Park School (25 Metres to West of Library) is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. A Victorian Garden urn.

Garden Urn at Beechwood Park School (25 Metres to West of Library)

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
19 March 1987
Type
Garden urn
Period
Victorian
OS grid reference
TL 044 144
Coordinates
51.81931, -0.4857
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This garden urn, located approximately 25 meters west of the library at Beechwood Park School, dates from around 1860. It is stamped with the name 'J M Blashfield/Millwall & Paddington/London'. The urn is made of light buff terracotta and is set on a re-used 18th-century pedestal made of Portland stone.

Local climate

Garden Urn at Beechwood Park School (25 Metres to West of Library) 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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