Stone Urns in Garden at Benington Park (70 Metres to North East of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Garden ornament.
Stone Urns in Garden at Benington Park (70 Metres to North East of House)
- WRENN ID
- winter-gargoyle-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Garden ornament
- OS grid reference
- TL 310 235
- Coordinates
- 51.89518, -0.09731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of stone urns located in the garden at Benington Park, approximately 70 meters to the northeast of the house, date from the late 18th century. They are made of close-grained grey stone and serve as Neo-classical garden ornaments, standing about waist height. Each urn features a plain cubic base that supports a carved stone drum, which has moulded and gadrooned bases topped with flambeau designs. The urns also display low relief carvings depicting processions to sacrifices at altars, with the northern urn featuring an elephant in the procession.
Local climate
Stone Urns in Garden at Benington Park (70 Metres to North East of House) 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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