Group of 8 Benches Situated on the Terrace to South of the Main Block of the 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. 2 related planning applications.

Group of 8 Benches Situated on the Terrace to South of the Main Block of the Royal Hospital School

WRENN ID
turning-beam-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1989
Type
Bench group
Address
Group of 8 Benches Situated on the Terrace to South of the Main Block of the Royal Hospital School, Stutton Road, Holbrook, IP9 2RX
OS grid reference
TM 165 351
Coordinates
51.9728, 1.15137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of 8 contemporary stone benches is located on the terrace to the south of the main block of the Royal Hospital School. These benches were created around 1925 to 1933 by Buckland and Heywood. They feature four rectangular plain moulded legs and long seats. The benches are arranged with two on each side of the eastern and western bays, one on each of the inner return walls of the bays, and one to the east and west of the south portico.

Local climate

Group of 8 Benches Situated on the Terrace to South of the Main Block of the 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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