Group of 2 Stone Benches to West of Portico of Nelson House, Royal Hospital School is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1989. Bench.
Group of 2 Stone Benches to West of Portico of Nelson House, Royal Hospital School
- WRENN ID
- ragged-crypt-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1989
- Type
- Bench
- Address
- Group of 2 Stone Benches to West of Portico of Nelson House, Royal Hospital School, Stutton Road, Holbrook
- OS grid reference
- TM 168 351
- Coordinates
- 51.97254, 1.15621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of two stone benches located to the west of the portico of Nelson House at the Royal Hospital School. They were built around 1925 to 1933 by Buckland and Heywood. The benches are similar to others found to the south of the main block of the school and to the north and south of the chapel. Each bench features four rectangular plan moulded legs and long seats. They are positioned to the northwest and southwest of the main entrance pathway that leads to the west portico of Nelson House.
Local climate
Group of 2 Stone Benches to West of Portico of Nelson House, Royal Hospital School sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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