Fountain on Terrace About 30 Metres South West of Woodhall Park is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Fountain.
Fountain on Terrace About 30 Metres South West of Woodhall Park
- WRENN ID
- vast-floor-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- TL 316 188
- Coordinates
- 51.85274, -0.09038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This fountain, located on a terrace about 30 meters southwest of Woodhall Park, was laid out around 1862 for Abel Smith. It is made of ashlar and has a circular shape. The central circle is raised, with sides that are ramped up, resembling a segment of a sphere. The bowl sits on a bulbous stem. Surrounding the fountain are four equally spaced moulded blocks topped with ball finials, and outside these are four smaller circles, now planted, connected by segmentally curved walls. The fountain features heavy classical mouldings and is included for its group value with the nearby Woodhall Park.
Local climate
Fountain on Terrace About 30 Metres South West of Woodhall Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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