Series of Garden Terraces to South of Westonbirt House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Garden terrace. 1 related planning application.
Series of Garden Terraces to South of Westonbirt House
- WRENN ID
- last-joist-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Garden terrace
- Address
- Series of Garden Terraces to South of Westonbirt House, A433, Westonbirt with Lasborough, GL8 8QG
- OS grid reference
- ST 864 895
- Coordinates
- 51.60418, -2.19719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A series of ornamental garden terraces located to the south of Westonbirt House were constructed between 1863 and 1870, possibly designed by Lewis Vulliamy in conjunction with the house. The terraces feature five flights of steps that lead down to a circular pool with a central fountain and an ornamental stone seat at the southern end.
About halfway down, the retaining ashlar terrace walls expand into two quadrants, which include small square piers and four large gadrooned ornamental urns that match those on the terrace immediately south of the house. The top terrace is approximately 85 meters long, extending from the churchyard wall of the Church of St. Catherine on the west to the eastern flight of steps. It has a trefoil pierced parapet on the south side, complete with moulded coping and polygonal end piers that feature blind trefoil arcading and strapwork frieze beneath shallow domed caps.
Shell niches and strapwork stone ornament curve from the piers into the central and end steps. A stone seat is located at the west end, sheltered by a semi-circular plain wall against the churchyard wall. These terraces are an integral part of the formal setting of Westonbirt House.
Local climate
Series of Garden Terraces to South of Westonbirt House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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