Bench at Fountain Pond is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 2001. Bench.

Bench at Fountain Pond

WRENN ID
north-banister-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Constituency
North East Hampshire MP: Alex Brewer (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 2001
Type
Bench
Address
Bench at Fountain Pond, Winslade
OS grid reference
SU 649 494
Coordinates
51.24091, -1.07136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bench at Fountain Pond is a 19th-century garden bench made of ashlar. It features console-bracketed supports and a moulded back that rises at the center, with sphinx arm-rests. This bench is one of several 19th-century and earlier garden features in the significant Spring Wood garden design.

Local climate

Bench at Fountain Pond receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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