Urn to south west of Combe Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Urn.

Urn to south west of Combe Bank

WRENN ID
forbidden-railing-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1975
Type
Urn
Address
Urn to south west of Combe Bank, Radnor House Sevenoaks School, Combe Bank Drive, Sundridge, Sundridge with Ide Hill, TN14 6AE
OS grid reference
TQ 480 557
Coordinates
51.28134, 0.12119
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century Bath stone urn located to the southwest of Combe Bank. It is one of a pair and stands approximately 5 feet high. The urn features a partially gadrooned base and has writhing serpents as handles. It is set on a square Bath stone base that is about 3 feet high, which includes a moulded cornice and base. The design of the urn is based on a work by the sculptor Thomas Parsons, inspired by Giulio Romano.

Local climate

Urn to south west of Combe Bank receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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