Stone Seat and Enclosure at South End of Long Walk at Hartham House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1986. Garden structure.

Stone Seat and Enclosure at South End of Long Walk at Hartham House

WRENN ID
third-cornice-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 1986
Type
Garden structure
Address
Stone Seat and Enclosure at South End of Long Walk at Hartham House, Corsham
OS grid reference
ST 859 718
Coordinates
51.44581, -2.20299
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone seat and enclosure at the south end of the Long Walk at Hartham House is a garden feature dating from around 1905, designed by H.A. Peto and made of Bath stone. The seat is a semi-circular bench with scrolled armrests at each end, which are carved to resemble a griffon's foot, and it has wooden seating. The design is in a Roman style, reportedly inspired by the paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. In front of the seat, there is a rectangular lawn that is enclosed by a balustrade, which ramps up to piers that face the Long Walk, and there are iron gates at the west end.

Local climate

Stone Seat and Enclosure at South End of Long Walk at Hartham House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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