Fountain and Surround with Vases Approximately 50 Metres West of Thame Park House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1988. Fountain.
Fountain and Surround with Vases Approximately 50 Metres West of Thame Park House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-hall-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1988
- Type
- Fountain
- OS grid reference
- SP 716 037
- Coordinates
- 51.72777, -0.96464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a fountain and its surrounding structure with vases, located approximately 50 meters west of Thame Park House. It was likely built in the mid-19th century. The fountain features a stone central pedestal that supports a cast-metal figure of Mercury. The circular basin has a half-round surround and is accompanied by eight square stone pedestals, each supporting a cast-iron vase. This structure is included for its group value context.
Local climate
Fountain and Surround with Vases Approximately 50 Metres West of Thame Park House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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