Group of 4 Urns Around Sundial in Formal Gardens of Somerleyton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Garden feature.

Group of 4 Urns Around Sundial in Formal Gardens of Somerleyton Hall

WRENN ID
turning-jade-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1987
Type
Garden feature
Address
Group of 4 Urns Around Sundial in Formal Gardens of Somerleyton Hall, Ashby and Herringfleet
OS grid reference
TM 492 977
Coordinates
52.52059, 1.67185
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of four identical marble urns arranged in a square around a sundial in the formal gardens of Somerleyton Hall. They were created around 1850 by John Thomas for Sir Morton Peto. The urns are depicted in their current location on Nesfield's "Plan of Details for the Enlargement of the West Parterre," dated October 1850. The rims of the urns are sculpted with a band of foliage and feature eight lion heads against raised semi-circular lugs. They are listed for their group value as part of the formal garden originally designed by Nesfield, which is included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission County Register of Gardens at Grade II*.

Local climate

Group of 4 Urns Around Sundial in Formal Gardens of Somerleyton Hall receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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