Stone Urn, 9m North-West Corner of Milton Abbey School is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Garden ornament.
Stone Urn, 9m North-West Corner of Milton Abbey School
- WRENN ID
- north-truss-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1985
- Type
- Garden ornament
- Address
- Stone Urn, 9m North-West Corner of Milton Abbey School, Milton Abbas
- OS grid reference
- ST 798 023
- Coordinates
- 50.82067, -2.2879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone urn located 9 meters north-west of the north-west corner of Milton Abbey School is a garden ornament, likely from the 18th century. It features a lion mask at the top, with upswept scrolls on either side, supported by two putti that hold draped wreaths of flowers. The urn is set on a stone pedestal, which has a cap that projects at each end and is supported by carved consoles.
Local climate
Stone Urn, 9m North-West Corner of Milton Abbey School 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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