Two Urns Placed Either Side of Canted Bays on East Garden Front of the Council House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. Sculpture.
Two Urns Placed Either Side of Canted Bays on East Garden Front of the Council House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-transept-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1972
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Two Urns Placed Either Side of Canted Bays on East Garden Front of the Council House, Bourne Hill, Salisbury, SP1 3UZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 147 303
- Coordinates
- 51.07225, -1.79078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two cast iron urns from the 19th century are positioned on pedestals, flanking the canted bays on the east garden front of the Council House. The left urn features a heavy Greek Revival design with a Bacchic scene in relief. The right urn is squatter in shape and has ornate ear-shaped scrolled handles, along with palmette and key pattern mouldings.
Local climate
Two Urns Placed Either Side of Canted Bays on East Garden Front of the Council House 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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