Lower Walled Garden Near River Lark at Fornham Park is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 2000. Garden.

Lower Walled Garden Near River Lark at Fornham Park

WRENN ID
errant-vault-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 2000
Type
Garden
Address
Lower Walled Garden Near River Lark at Fornham Park, Fornham St. Genevieve
OS grid reference
TL 835 685
Coordinates
52.28409, 0.6899
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lower Walled Garden near the River Lark at Fornham Park is a walled garden built around 1785 by James Wyatt for Sir Charles Kent. It is constructed of red brick with stone coping. The walls create three sides of a rectangle and feature gateways at the midpoints. The fourth side has always been left open to prevent frost from settling in this low-lying area. This garden is part of the significant group of structures at Fornham Park.

Local climate

Lower Walled Garden Near River Lark at Fornham Park 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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