Pair of Garden Urns at Base of Steps on East Side of Formal Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1988. A C17 Garden urn.

Pair of Garden Urns at Base of Steps on East Side of Formal Gardens

WRENN ID
leaning-turret-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broadland
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1988
Type
Garden urn
Address
Pair of Garden Urns at Base of Steps on East Side of Formal Gardens, Blickling
OS grid reference
TG 180 286
Coordinates
52.81126, 1.23331
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of garden urns located at the base of the steps on the east side of the formal gardens. They date from the 17th century and are made of limestone. Each urn is vase-shaped and sits on a square base and pedestal. The urns feature upper and lower bands of fluting, with a vine trail wrapping around the middle. They have a lipped rim on a concave neck and a conical lid topped with a knop-finial. At the time of the survey, one of the urns had been removed, leaving only its base in place.

Local climate

Pair of Garden Urns at Base of Steps on East Side of Formal Gardens receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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