Front Courtyard and South Terrace Walls and Gazebos, at Parnham is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. A C17 Courtyard and terrace.
Front Courtyard and South Terrace Walls and Gazebos, at Parnham
- WRENN ID
- tall-shingle-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Courtyard and terrace
- Address
- Front Courtyard and South Terrace Walls and Gazebos, at Parnham, Beaminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 474 002
- Coordinates
- 50.79967, -2.74684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front courtyard and south terrace walls and gazebos at Parnham were built around 1910 in the style of the 17th century. They feature stone ashlar walls with a stone balustrade and coping, divided by square piers topped with tall pyramidal ball-finials. The tall square piers on the north side have heavy moulded cornices and ball-finials, while similar piers are found on the south side. The main entrance piers on the east side are square and have vermiculated "Gibbsian" detailing. The structure includes eclectic entablatures and stone boars on top that hold coats-of-arms. The terrace walls on the south front share the same details as those of the front courtyard.
Round corner gazebos have a plinth with a stone bench inside and are supported by seven pseudo-Roman Doric columns. Above them is a stone entablature featuring shallow saucer-domes and an openwork coronet with finials. There are two sets of steps leading down to a lower level, where a lion's mask serves as a fountain-head. Two narrow water-channels with cascades run beside the steps, with coped stone parapets on the sides topped with urns over piers. A balustrade marks the end of the bottom terrace. The site is listed as Grade II* for its group value.
Local climate
Front Courtyard and South Terrace Walls and Gazebos, at Parnham receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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