Ornamental Centrepiece to Square is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Ornamental feature.
Ornamental Centrepiece to Square
- WRENN ID
- solemn-niche-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1997
- Type
- Ornamental feature
- Address
- Ornamental Centrepiece to Square, St Marys Square, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 857 638
- Coordinates
- 52.24119, 0.71939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ornamental centrepiece in St Mary's Square, Bury St Edmunds, was created in 1874. Made of terracotta and stamped with "MH Blanchard, London, 1874," it features a central ornate flower pedestal. This pedestal stands on a square stepped and moulded base, which is adorned with a square pedestal topped by an urn at each corner. Below each urn, there is a small flower bed enclosed in a moulded circular terracotta surround.
Local climate
Ornamental Centrepiece to Square sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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