Bandstand in Quomps Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. A C19 Bandstand.
Bandstand in Quomps Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- long-nave-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1976
- Type
- Bandstand
- Address
- Bandstand in Quomps Recreation Ground, Quay Road
- OS grid reference
- SZ 159 923
- Coordinates
- 50.73086, -1.77567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bandstand in Quomps Recreation Ground is a late 19th-century structure. It is an octagonal bandstand made of cast iron, which is raised on a plastered plinth. The entrance features five semi-circular steps, and there is a cast iron balustrade and pillars surrounding the structure. A decorative cast iron parapet with finials runs around the edge of the roof. Inside, there is a wooden ribbed ceiling, and the roof is topped with a small dome that has a finial.
Local climate
Bandstand in Quomps Recreation Ground receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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