Semi Circular Garden Seat to East of Kitchen Courtyard Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1978. Garden seat.

Semi Circular Garden Seat to East of Kitchen Courtyard Walls

WRENN ID
knotted-pilaster-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1978
Type
Garden seat
Address
Semi Circular Garden Seat to East of Kitchen Courtyard Walls, Wilton
OS grid reference
SU 099 310
Coordinates
51.07877, -1.85873
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This semi-circular garden seat, dating from around 1822, is located to the east of the kitchen courtyard walls at Wilton Park. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a semi-circular design that provides a view down the axis of the Palladian Bridge. The sides of the seat are elegantly finished with scrolls that end in griffins' feet.

Local climate

Semi Circular Garden Seat to East of Kitchen Courtyard Walls receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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