Terrace Steps and Urns in the Formal Garden South of Dawlish College (Mahead House) is a Grade II* listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Garden feature.
Terrace Steps and Urns in the Formal Garden South of Dawlish College (Mahead House)
- WRENN ID
- seventh-brass-plum
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Terrace Steps and Urns in the Formal Garden South of Dawlish College (Mahead House), Mamhead
- OS grid reference
- SX 930 810
- Coordinates
- 50.61891, -3.51345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace steps and urns are located in the formal garden south of Dawlish College, which was originally Mamhead House. They were designed by Anthony Salvin for Sir R.W. Newman between 1827 and 1833. Constructed from Bathstone, the terrace features six flights of steps, with the upper flights oriented to the south and west, adorned with flower pots shaped like urns. This feature is an integral part of the formal garden and is significant to the setting of Mamhead House. The design is illustrated in one of Salvin's original drawings held in the R.I.B.A. Drawings Collection.
Local climate
Terrace Steps and Urns in the Formal Garden South of Dawlish College (Mahead House) receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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