Pair of Pedestals and Urns About 10 Metres East of Dodington House is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Pedestals and urns.
Pair of Pedestals and Urns About 10 Metres East of Dodington House
- WRENN ID
- riven-cobble-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Pedestals and urns
- OS grid reference
- ST 752 798
- Coordinates
- 51.51733, -2.35788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of pedestals and urns, located about 10 metres east of Dodington House, dates from the early 19th century. They are made of limestone and feature lead urns. Each pedestal has a plinth and a moulded base, with scrolled and floriate corners. The carving on the pedestals is very worn. The urns are adorned with reliefs of acanthus and nymphs, topped with a ball finial. These pedestals and urns are positioned in front of the bow on the east front of Dodington House.
Local climate
Pair of Pedestals and Urns About 10 Metres East of Dodington 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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