Two urns in front garden of 68, The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. Garden feature.
Two urns in front garden of 68, The Close
- WRENN ID
- steep-beam-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1972
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Two urns in front garden of 68, The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EN
- OS grid reference
- SU 141 294
- Coordinates
- 51.06387, -1.79971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
In the front garden of 68 The Close, there are two stone urns positioned on square stone pedestals with moulded caps, which flank a central path. The urns are decorated with masks that are linked by swags. These urns are part of a remarkable group of listed buildings in The Close.
Local climate
Two urns in front garden of 68, The Close receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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