Vase on Plinth, 10 Metres North of Balustrading and Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. Monument.
Vase on Plinth, 10 Metres North of Balustrading and Steps
- WRENN ID
- young-lintel-martin
- 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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TM 125 524
- Coordinates
- 52.12946, 1.10346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid-19th century vase on a plinth is located 10 meters north of the balustrading and steps at Barham Shrubland Estate. It is made of white limestone and stands approximately 2.5 meters high. The vase features a frieze of classical figures in relief, which is about 0.5 meters high. The cylindrical plinth is decorated with paterae, a Greek key design, and other ornamental details.
Local climate
Vase on Plinth, 10 Metres North of Balustrading and Steps 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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