Fountain on Lower Terrace 50 Metres South of Somerley Park House is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1987. Fountain.
Fountain on Lower Terrace 50 Metres South of Somerley Park House
- WRENN ID
- endless-timber-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1987
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- SU 134 078
- Coordinates
- 50.86987, -1.81027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century fountain located on the lower terrace, 50 meters south of Somerley Park House in the Somerley Park Estate. It is made of stone, likely Coade stone, and features a pond that is 3 meters in diameter with a rounded kerb. At the center of the pond is a square plinth supporting a statue that holds a raised horn, from which water spouts.
Local climate
Fountain on Lower Terrace 50 Metres South of Somerley Park House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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