Italian Sculpture Garden to South East of Hever Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. Garden.

Italian Sculpture Garden to South East of Hever Castle

WRENN ID
sombre-mullion-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1975
Type
Garden
OS grid reference
TQ 481 452
Coordinates
51.18712, 0.11866
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Italian Sculpture Garden, located to the southeast of Hever Castle, is an enclosed area featuring classical architectural elements. It includes roofless round pavilions at the corners, each with triple-arched screens. The surrounding walls are divided into bays by long buttresses and are complemented by an arcaded screen with pilasters and an entablature. A colonnade of segmental arches runs along the south side. At the east end, a loggia with Ionic columns overlooks a staircase that leads down to a lower terrace by the lake. The curved wings of the staircase embrace a fountain. This garden is home to a collection of sculptures, primarily of Roman origin.

Local climate

Italian Sculpture Garden to South East of Hever Castle receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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