Memorial Urn Approximately 150 Metres South East of Harcourt House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Monument.
Memorial Urn Approximately 150 Metres South East of Harcourt House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-finial-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 417 055
- Coordinates
- 51.74749, -1.3971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial urn, dating from the late 18th century, is located approximately 150 metres southeast of Harcourt House in Stanton Harcourt. It was created for George Simon Harcourt and is made of limestone. The urn is shaped like a gadrooned vase and features leaf carvings around the neck. It stands on a tall pedestal that has a moulded plinth and entablature. This memorial commemorates the poet William Whitehead, who died in 1785, and includes a verse by "Mr. Mason," the poet-gardener, whose own memorial is situated to the northeast. Originally, the urn was placed under the "Whitehead Oak" at Nuneham Courtenay but was relocated to its current position after the Harcourts returned to Harcourt House in 1948.
Local climate
Memorial Urn Approximately 150 Metres South East of Harcourt House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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