Gothic Seat in the Grounds of Ascot Place, Approx 220m NW of the House is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2002. Gothic seat.
Gothic Seat in the Grounds of Ascot Place, Approx 220m NW of the House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-remnant-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2002
- Type
- Gothic seat
- OS grid reference
- SU 912 714
- Coordinates
- 51.43505, -0.68869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gothic seat located in the grounds of Ascot Place, approximately 220 meters northwest of the house, was built in the early 19th century by CC Ferard. It is constructed from stone and rendered brick and features a segmental plan with an open three-bay pointed arch arcade on the north side. The structure includes four piers with clustered shafts, moulded bases, and moulded impost bands that are decorated with foliage carving. The elaborate heads of the piers display acanthus leaves and bead and reel ornamentation. A frieze of blank, cusped arcading runs along the top, topped by a moulded cornice, an embattled parapet, and crocketed finials at the corners. The seat itself has a wooden structure with a fluted fascia and a delicate arch pattern for the backrest. This seat is part of a garden that is listed as Grade II* in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Interest in England.
Local climate
Gothic Seat in the Grounds of Ascot Place, Approx 220m NW of the House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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