Three Urns on the Site of Old Fonthill Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Monument. 2 related planning applications.
Three Urns on the Site of Old Fonthill Abbey
- WRENN ID
- mired-turret-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Three Urns on the Site of Old Fonthill Abbey, Fonthill Gifford, SP3 6QS
- OS grid reference
- ST 918 309
- Coordinates
- 51.07802, -2.11744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three urns are located on the site of the old Fonthill Abbey, likely dating from the mid-19th century. They are made of limestone. The large urn in the center stands on a square corniced plinth adorned with lion's heads on each side. This urn features decorative swags and scrolled volutes. On either side of the central urn are smaller urns, each also set on a square corniced plinth with rosettes. These smaller urns have gadrooned rims and strap decorations on their sides. It is said that these urns were brought to this location by the Marquess of Westminster from the Paris Exhibition of either 1855 or 1867, following the demolition of Beckford's Abbey and the construction of a nearby country house by William Burn for the Westminsters, which was demolished in 1955.
Local climate
Three Urns on the Site of Old Fonthill Abbey receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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