Thomson's Seat is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1968. Garden feature.

Thomson's Seat

WRENN ID
floating-newel-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1968
Type
Garden feature
Address
Thomson's Seat, Maker-With-Rame
OS grid reference
SX 455 532
Coordinates
50.35865, -4.17223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thomson's Seat is a garden feature located in Edgcumbe Country Park, dating from the late 18th century. It has a granite base, rendered walls, and a slate roof, showcasing a Neo-classical style. The structure features a small temple front with three bays, including antae and unfluted Doric columns. The frieze is decorated with triglyphs and metopes, and the pediment is adorned with modillions. Inside, there is a wooden seat with a quotation from 'The Seasons' displayed above it. The rear elevation also exhibits a temple-like design.

Local climate

Thomson's 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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