Column and Vase Approximately 20 Metres South West of the Temple of Flora is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Monument.
Column and Vase Approximately 20 Metres South West of the Temple of Flora
- WRENN ID
- sacred-entrance-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 542 981
- Coordinates
- 51.67991, -1.21738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A column and vase located approximately 20 meters southwest of the Temple of Flora, likely dating from around 1771. The structure is made of limestone and terracotta. It features a plain circular column with a moulded base that supports an elaborate terracotta vase on a fluted stem topped with a moulded cover. The bowl of the vase is adorned with festoons and three rams-head handles, with an inscription on the front reading "IN HORTO/FUIT COR". This vase was probably part of the innovative flower garden designed in 1771 by Reverend William Mason, who authored "The English Flower Garden", for Lord Nuneham, later known as the 2nd Earl Harcourt. Nuneham Park is recognized in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade 1.
Local climate
Column and Vase Approximately 20 Metres South West of the Temple of Flora 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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