Landing Stage on Fonthill Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. Landing stage.

Landing Stage on Fonthill Lake

WRENN ID
vast-merlon-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 1966
Type
Landing stage
Address
Landing Stage on Fonthill Lake, Tisbury
OS grid reference
ST 935 315
Coordinates
51.08366, -2.09385
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The landing stage on Fonthill Lake is a structure that may date from the mid-18th century, possibly designed by John Vardy for Alderman Beckford, or it could have been built around 1860 by G. Devey. It is made of limestone and features two pairs of large urns with vermiculated bands. Each pair of urns is connected by a dwarf wall, with the landing stage situated between them. This landing stage is part of the 18th-century landscaping around Fonthill Splendens, which also includes the Georgian Boathouse and the Archway. The urns closely resemble those found on the Archway and the approach walls, which are now believed to be the work of John Vardy.

Local climate

Landing Stage on Fonthill Lake 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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