The Pebble Seat is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Ornamental seat.

The Pebble Seat

WRENN ID
silent-corbel-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1987
Type
Ornamental seat
Address
The Pebble Seat, Maker-With-Rame
OS grid reference
SX 453 520
Coordinates
50.34787, -4.17495
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pebble Seat is an ornamental seat located in Edgcumbe Country Park, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed from limestone rubble and features beach pebbles that have been worn by the sea. The design is in a picturesque style, with an elliptical shape. The rear wall stands about one metre high and includes piers on both the right and left sides. The pebbles are arranged in courses and laced together, showcasing high-quality stonework.

Local climate

The Pebble Seat sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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