North Screen to Topiary Garden, Avebury Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. A Georgian Screen.

North Screen to Topiary Garden, Avebury Manor

WRENN ID
crooked-grate-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Screen
Period
Georgian
OS grid reference
SU 098 700
Coordinates
51.42912, -1.85959
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The north screen to the topiary garden at Avebury Manor is an 18th-century structure. It features a brick wall topped with stone coping that supports iron railings and gates, located on the north side of the topiary garden between the house and the west end. The screen includes elaborate gates at each end, which have crested overthrows, scrolled side and central panels, and dog rails. The railings of the screen are adorned with scrolled panels at intervals, each topped with small cresting.

Local climate

North Screen to Topiary Garden, Avebury Manor receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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