Upper Gun Terrace, 10 Metres West of Shrubland Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. A Victorian Terrace.
Upper Gun Terrace, 10 Metres West of Shrubland Hall
- WRENN ID
- open-baluster-wagtail
- 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
- Terrace
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- TM 125 525
- Coordinates
- 52.13003, 1.1047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Gun Terrace, located 10 meters west of Shrubland Hall, is a Grade II* listed terrace built around 1849-50. It is part of the extensive gardens designed by Sir Charles Barry for Sir William Frederick Middleton, Bart. The terrace spans nearly the entire width of the west side of Shrubland Hall, providing access from the earlier first-floor terrace to the lower Balcony Garden. Constructed from cream limestone ashlar, the terrace features a central flight of steps leading down to the Balcony Garden, with the lower steps arranged in a semi-circular plan. The open balustrading includes square piers that support gadrooned or swag-carved urns, although some urns are missing their tops. On either side of the terrace, there are 5-bay retaining walls with vermiculated rusticated piers and fielded panels. The balustrading curves back towards the house at both the north and south ends, each with short flights of steps. A gun, captured in 1855 by Admiral Sir Alfred Broke-Middleton, is displayed on the terrace, accompanied by a table that explains its history.
Local climate
Upper Gun Terrace, 10 Metres West of Shrubland Hall 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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