Formal Pond Surround, Fountain and Pedestals in Inverforth House Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Garden feature. 1 related planning application.

Formal Pond Surround, Fountain and Pedestals in Inverforth House Garden

WRENN ID
hallowed-truss-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Garden feature
Address
Formal Pond Surround, Fountain and Pedestals in Inverforth House Garden, North End Way, NW3 7EX
OS grid reference
TQ 261 866
Coordinates
51.56505, -0.18189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The formal pond surround, fountain, and pedestals in the garden of Inverforth House were created around 1906 to 1910 by Thomas H. Mawson as part of a garden design for Lord Leverhulme. This feature is located on a wide terrace that runs east-west, aligned with Inverforth House, and connects the Terrace Steps to the Cruciform Pergola. The pond is rectangular with curved ends and is surrounded by a paved stone border. At the center, there was originally a fountain that featured a bronze statue of a boy on a dolphin, which is now missing. The pond is flanked by pedestals that once supported Classical urns, which are also no longer present. The garden was divided when the house was converted into a hospital.

Local climate

Formal Pond Surround, Fountain and Pedestals in Inverforth House Garden sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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