Urn in Grounds of Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. Urn.

Urn in Grounds of Tower House

WRENN ID
leaning-steeple-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Urn
Address
Urn in Grounds of Tower House, St Dunstan's Street
OS grid reference
TR 145 580
Coordinates
51.28078, 1.07455
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century stone urn located in the grounds of Tower House. It is set on a plinth and features twisted handles, making it a notable decorative element in the landscape.

Local climate

Urn in Grounds of Tower House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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