Drinking Trough, Terrace Wall, Steps and 2 Pairs of Piers 15 Yards North of Copse Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Drinking trough and wall.
Drinking Trough, Terrace Wall, Steps and 2 Pairs of Piers 15 Yards North of Copse Hill
- WRENN ID
- nether-cinder-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1986
- Type
- Drinking trough and wall
- OS grid reference
- SP 164 234
- Coordinates
- 51.90942, -1.76221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The drinking trough, terrace wall, steps, and two pairs of piers located 15 yards north of Copse Hill were built around 1872, possibly by C F Hayward for H A Brassey, known as the Railway King. The structure features rough-faced rubble with ashlar moulded coping and dressings. The shallow quadrant retaining wall stands about 4 to 5 feet high and has a shaped flower-bed wall in front. A central arched feature, adorned with ball finials, leads to a circular pool that includes a rock-hewn 'cavern' inside. To the right, steps with a curved plan lead down, flanked by ball-capped piers at the base. To the left, there are entrance gate-piers, also topped with ball finials, which lead to the former kitchen courtyard. Both sets of piers are constructed from rough-faced drum stone.
Local climate
Drinking Trough, Terrace Wall, Steps and 2 Pairs of Piers 15 Yards North of Copse Hill receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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