Urn Approximately 330 Metres South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1988. Urn.
Urn Approximately 330 Metres South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace
- WRENN ID
- scarred-corner-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1988
- Type
- Urn
- OS grid reference
- SP 444 158
- Coordinates
- 51.83986, -1.35629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This urn, dating from the late 18th century, is located approximately 330 meters southeast of the south front of Blenheim Palace. It is set on a tall tapered pedestal that features a moulded plinth and cornice, a fretted frieze, and carved trophies of musical instruments, including a lyre, cornetts, and Pan pipes. Blenheim Park, where the urn is situated, is included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.
Local climate
Urn Approximately 330 Metres South East of South Front of Blenheim Palace receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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