Rose Garden at the Pleasaunce is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1988. Garden.

Rose Garden at the Pleasaunce

WRENN ID
turning-frieze-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 February 1988
Type
Garden
Address
Rose Garden at the Pleasaunce, Harbord Road, Overstrand
OS grid reference
TG 246 409
Coordinates
52.91889, 1.34092
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sunken rose garden, circa 1900, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens as part of The Pleasaunce, a major seaside residence built from 1897 onwards.

The garden is rectangular in plan and is entered via flights of semicircular steps set into both the east and west walls. The walling is constructed in bands of brick, stone, tiles and flint, with York stone and brick paving. Brick-walled raised beds feature concave niches positioned either side of the steps and at the north and south ends.

This is an attractive piece of garden design with details characteristic of Lutyens, notably the concave followed by convex flights of steps and carefully laid swirls of brick paving. The gardens at The Pleasaunce are included in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens at grade II.

Local climate

Rose Garden at the Pleasaunce receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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