Ornamental Vase, West of West Facade of Amesbury Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1988. Garden ornament.
Ornamental Vase, West of West Facade of Amesbury Abbey
- WRENN ID
- quartered-pinnacle-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1988
- Type
- Garden ornament
- OS grid reference
- SU 150 417
- Coordinates
- 51.1744, -1.78579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ornamental vase located west of the west facade of Amesbury Abbey is a garden ornament from the 18th century. Made of limestone, it features a tapered design with four lions' heads that hold ring handles. The vase is adorned with a floral band and swags below. It has a gadrooned rim, which likely originally supported a sundial that is now missing.
Local climate
Ornamental Vase, West of West Facade of Amesbury Abbey receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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