Walls and Steps to Walled Garden, Immediately West of Kingston Maurward House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Garden walls and steps.

Walls and Steps to Walled Garden, Immediately West of Kingston Maurward House

WRENN ID
errant-corbel-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1987
Type
Garden walls and steps
Address
Walls and Steps to Walled Garden, Immediately West of Kingston Maurward House, Stinsford
OS grid reference
SY 714 910
Coordinates
50.71844, -2.40516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls and steps to the walled garden, located immediately west of Kingston Maurward House, date from the early 20th century. They are constructed of rock-faced ashlar and topped with open stone balustrades featuring turned balusters and moulded copings. Carved stone urns are placed at intervals along the balustrades, although some are missing. At the west end, the wall extends south of the main garden and includes a flight of stone steps. These steps have rock-faced balustrade walls capped by the same open balustrading. At the bottom of the upper flight, there are square piers with tall vase finials, while the lower flight features returned steps. At the east end of the main garden, facing the house, there is another flight of stone steps with stone balustrade walls. The bottom of these steps also has square piers with moulded caps and ball finials.

Local climate

Walls and Steps to Walled Garden, Immediately West of Kingston Maurward House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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