Ornaments Lining Avenue to Rear of Chiswick House is a Grade I listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1973. Ornamental structure.

Ornaments Lining Avenue to Rear of Chiswick House

WRENN ID
brooding-arch-heath
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Hounslow
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1973
Type
Ornamental structure
Address
Ornaments Lining Avenue to Rear of Chiswick House, Burlington Lane W4
OS grid reference
TQ 209 775
Coordinates
51.48411, -0.259
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ornaments lining the avenue to the rear of Chiswick House are of significant historical interest. They include stone urns adorned with Greek key patterns, two sphinxes, a lion and a lioness, four male terms, and four large urns featuring swags. Chiswick House, along with its garden buildings and ornaments, forms an important group.

Local climate

Ornaments Lining Avenue to Rear of Chiswick House 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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