Balustrading and Steps, 30 Metres East of Hot Garden Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. Garden feature.

Balustrading and Steps, 30 Metres East of Hot Garden Wall

WRENN ID
rough-casement-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1955
Type
Garden feature
OS grid reference
TM 125 524
Coordinates
52.12917, 1.10352
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The balustrading and steps, located 30 meters east of the hot garden wall, were built around 1860 as a decorative feature opposite the segmental hot wall. The structure is approximately 40 meters long and made of white and cream limestone. It consists of five bays of low pierced balustrading, with a central flight of steps. Each bay is separated by a low square pier. The balustrading has openings near both ends for garden paths, and the piers are topped with a pair of vases that are enriched with swags.

Local climate

Balustrading and Steps, 30 Metres East of Hot Garden Wall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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