Pair of Vases Adjoining the Georgian Boathouse at Head of Fonthill Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Landscape feature.
Pair of Vases Adjoining the Georgian Boathouse at Head of Fonthill Lake
- WRENN ID
- heavy-screen-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Landscape feature
- OS grid reference
- ST 934 326
- Coordinates
- 51.09351, -2.09504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a pair of large vases located on square plinths, which are situated next to the Georgian Boathouse at the head of Fonthill Lake in Fonthill Bishop. These vases date from the early 19th century and were likely created for George Mortimer. They are made of limestone and serve as landscape features at either end of a causeway that crosses the north end of the lake, positioned to the west of the bridge.
Local climate
Pair of Vases Adjoining the Georgian Boathouse at Head of 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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