Landscape Garden Feature at Ngr Su 7390 7158 is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. A C19 Landscape garden feature.

Landscape Garden Feature at Ngr Su 7390 7158

WRENN ID
rooted-hall-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Landscape garden feature
Address
Landscape Garden Feature at Ngr Su 7390 7158, Whiteknights Park, Earley
OS grid reference
SU 739 715
Coordinates
51.43841, -0.93817
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This landscape garden feature is located in the grounds of a former large estate, now part of the Reading University campus. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of stone. The feature consists of an outcrop of large rocks that are roughly coursed, with a semi-circular recession at the head of a lake, retaining earth behind it.

Local climate

Landscape Garden Feature at Ngr Su 7390 7158 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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