Walls and Balustrades to Terraced Garden on North Side of Ashtead Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Terraced garden.

Walls and Balustrades to Terraced Garden on North Side of Ashtead Park House

WRENN ID
carved-lead-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mole Valley
Constituency
Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Terraced garden
OS grid reference
TQ 195 579
Coordinates
51.30814, -0.28694
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls and balustrades to the terraced garden on the north side of Ashtead Park House were likely built in the late 19th century and are made of Portland stone. The garden measures approximately 80 meters wide and 60 meters deep at its center, divided into upper and lower sections. The upper terrace is rectangular and wraps around the east end of the house, while the lower terrace features a large semicircular bow in the center.

The upper terrace includes a retaining wall made of rock-faced pulvinated courses topped with a moulded coping. It has a balustrade with vase balusters and square piers placed at regular intervals, with urns on the piers flanking a wide flight of steps in the center. The lower terrace is designed in a similar style, featuring corner urns, and the semicircular bow encloses a large quatrefoiled flower bed with a cavetto surround.

Local climate

Walls and Balustrades to Terraced Garden on North Side of Ashtead Park House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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