Gothic Seat, to the South East and Immediately Below the Terraced Garden, and at the East End of Yew Tree is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Gothic seat.

Gothic Seat, to the South East and Immediately Below the Terraced Garden, and at the East End of Yew Tree

WRENN ID
vacant-portal-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1984
Type
Gothic seat
OS grid reference
ST 506 714
Coordinates
51.44001, -2.71132
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gothic seat, located to the south-east and just below the east Terraced Garden at the end of Yew Tree, was likely designed around 1865 by John Norton. It is constructed from ashlar stone. The base features a row of blank quatrefoils, while the back displays a pierced arcade made up of cusped ogee panels. The stone sides are panelled and supported by square piers that are topped with urns.

Local climate

Gothic Seat, to the South East and Immediately Below the Terraced Garden, and at the East End of Yew Tree receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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