Walled Garden Approximately 75 Metres West of House at Polesden Lacey is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Garden.
Walled Garden Approximately 75 Metres West of House at Polesden Lacey
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-foundation-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Garden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 134 522
- Coordinates
- 51.25781, -0.3759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walled garden, located approximately 75 metres west of the house at Polesden Lacey, is likely from the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with rendered coping and has a rectangular plan measuring about 70 by 40 metres along an east-west axis. The north wall, which was formerly the rear wall of greenhouses, stands around 4 metres high and features a central entrance at the base of a square, two-stage water tower. This tower has corner pilasters and a round-headed doorway with tile voussoirs. The other walls are about 3 metres high, each sloping down in the centre to a gateway flanked by square piers topped with urns and ornamental wrought-iron gates. The south wall also includes similar intermediate piers, and there is a westward extension approximately 40 metres long, with its north face made of flint and brick bands, equipped with ledges and holes for rock plants. It also has a central gateway like the others and a circular "window" in the centre of each side length.
Local climate
Walled Garden Approximately 75 Metres West of House at Polesden Lacey 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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