Fountain and Urns in Gardens at Thornbridge Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1985. Fountain.
Fountain and Urns in Gardens at Thornbridge Hall
- WRENN ID
- grim-wicket-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1985
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain and Urns in Gardens at Thornbridge Hall, Longstone Lane, Great Longstone, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 199 710
- Coordinates
- 53.23583, -1.70276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fountain and four urns in the gardens at Thornbridge Hall date from the late 19th century and are made of stone. The fountain is a two-tier circular structure with fluted bases, enclosed within a quatrefoil that is now almost buried in the ground. At each corner of the quatrefoil, there are four square pedestals, each topped with an urn featuring domed tops. The urns are decorated with swags and acanthus motifs.
Local climate
Fountain and Urns in Gardens at Thornbridge Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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