Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues East of Orangery is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Garden feature.

Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues East of Orangery

WRENN ID
weathered-passage-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1987
Type
Garden feature
Address
Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues East of Orangery, Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 261 701
Coordinates
53.22809, -1.61038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues, located east of the Orangery in Chatsworth Gardens, is a Grade II listed structure from the early 19th century. It was part of the Sixth Duke of Devonshire's remodelling of the gardens. The steps are made of sandstone ashlar and Carrara marble, featuring a straight flight flanked by stepped parapet walls. At the base of the steps, there are two statues of sitting dogs, inspired by the 2nd century Dog of Alcibiades. At the top, two urns made of Carrara marble with relief carvings are positioned, along with a larger, more ornate urn on a carved pedestal, also in Carrara marble. The Gardens and Park are recognized on the Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Flight of Steps with Urns and Statues East of Orangery receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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