Bench at South End of South Long Walk 20 Metres South West of Marsh Court is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Bench.

Bench at South End of South Long Walk 20 Metres South West of Marsh Court

WRENN ID
steep-wall-thyme
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
Bench
OS grid reference
SU 356 335
Coordinates
51.10039, -1.49271
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a bench located at the south end of the South Long Walk, 20 meters southwest of Marsh Court in Kings Somborne. It was designed by Edward Lutyens and constructed between 1901 and 1905. The bench features tile piers with stone copings that are designed to hold timber planks.

Local climate

Bench at South End of South Long Walk 20 Metres South West of Marsh Court 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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