Sunk Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. Garden.

Sunk Garden

WRENN ID
rusted-vault-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
Country
England
Type
Garden
Address
Sunk Garden, Hampton Court
OS grid reference
TQ 156 683
Coordinates
51.40278, -0.33836
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sunk Garden, located in Hampton Court, was purchased and positioned in 1909. It features two lead putti, which are placed on Portland stone bases, flanking a path in front of a fountain.

Local climate

Sunk Garden sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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