Terraces and Ornamental Walls of Bridgewater House on Green Park Side is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1987. A C19 Terraced garden.
Terraces and Ornamental Walls of Bridgewater House on Green Park Side
- WRENN ID
- blind-ember-hemlock
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1987
- Type
- Terraced garden
- Address
- Terraces and Ornamental Walls of Bridgewater House on Green Park Side, Cleveland Row Sw1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 291 800
- Coordinates
- 51.50467, -0.14014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terraces and ornamental walls of Bridgewater House, located on the Green Park side, were designed around 1854 by Sir Charles Barry. This formal terraced garden features stone enclosing walls adorned with balustrades, as well as balustraded terraces and steps.
Local climate
Terraces and Ornamental Walls of Bridgewater House on Green Park Side 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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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