Walled Garden 50 Metres North of Houghton Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Garden wall.
Walled Garden 50 Metres North of Houghton Lodge
- WRENN ID
- grey-rampart-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1986
- Type
- Garden wall
- OS grid reference
- SU 344 331
- Coordinates
- 51.09694, -1.5099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walled garden, located 50 meters north of Houghton Lodge, dates from the early 19th century. It features rendered cob walls resting on flint plinths, topped with wide tile coping. The garden encloses a kitchen garden that measures 65 meters wide by 95 meters long. The walls are generally 3 meters high, except for the western wall, which is 4 meters high and includes greenhouses. At the southern end, there are timber double gates, with cob and slate stables built on either side of the wall. The eastern side of the garden faces a fading river and has two iron gateways.
Local climate
Walled Garden 50 Metres North of Houghton Lodge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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