Retaining Walls of Lily Pond, Flanking Garden Walls and Summerhouse, Steps and Terrace Adjoining to West of Abbotswood is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Garden feature.
Retaining Walls of Lily Pond, Flanking Garden Walls and Summerhouse, Steps and Terrace Adjoining to West of Abbotswood
- WRENN ID
- distant-gateway-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1986
- Type
- Garden feature
- OS grid reference
- SP 180 263
- Coordinates
- 51.93492, -1.73835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls of the lily pond, flanking garden walls, summerhouse, steps, and terrace are located to the west of Abbotswood and were designed around 1902 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. These rubble stone walls are buttressed on the inside and feature downward ramps and low ball-capped piers leading to a flagged terrace that is accessed by two flights of steps. The lily pond measures about 20 yards long and approximately 4 yards wide, ending in a circular pool beneath an apsed exedra that is positioned below the house. The west end of the pond is segmental, echoing the curve of the platform that surrounds the circular pool. A summerhouse with a hipped roof and two Roman Doric columns is situated against the south wall, facing the rose garden.
Local climate
Retaining Walls of Lily Pond, Flanking Garden Walls and Summerhouse, Steps and Terrace Adjoining to West of Abbotswood receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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