17 Stone Lanterns in Japanese Garden at Fanhams Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Garden feature.
17 Stone Lanterns in Japanese Garden at Fanhams Hall
- WRENN ID
- peeling-eave-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- 17 Stone Lanterns in Japanese Garden at Fanhams Hall, Fanhams Hall Road, Wareside
- OS grid reference
- TL 370 157
- Coordinates
- 51.82334, -0.01229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 17 stone lanterns in the Japanese garden at Fanhams Hall were created between 1901 and 1905. They are part of a garden designed by Professor Suzuki, following plans by Mr. Inaka for R.B. and A.E. Page Croft. Made from Japanese grey granite, the lanterns are turned and carved, featuring various stylized patterns. Most lanterns are approximately 1.5 meters high, though some are significantly taller and have multiple pagoda roofs. Each lantern consists of a pierced stone block, typically six-sided, topped with a projecting carved hipped roof or cap. The lantern block is supported by a carved capital on a short column, which usually has an annulet, and rests on a carved base that may be made from a natural stone. The taller lanterns with multiple pagoda roofs have a distinctive arched base supported by four pillars.
Local climate
17 Stone Lanterns in Japanese Garden at Fanhams Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% 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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