Pedestal Near Hiorns Tower is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1974. Pedestal.

Pedestal Near Hiorns Tower

WRENN ID
plain-hinge-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 October 1974
Type
Pedestal
Address
Pedestal Near Hiorns Tower, Arundel, Arun
OS grid reference
TQ 012 080
Coordinates
50.86315, -0.56243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pedestal near Hiorn's Tower is a Grade II listed structure located 50 yards west of Hiorn's Tower. It is an antique piece, with a legend stating that it was "found" in the Sevastopol Museum on 8 September 1855. The pedestal is made of marble and features a mid 19th-century granite plinth. It has a circular plan and is decorated with bucrania and festoons.

Local climate

Pedestal Near Hiorns Tower receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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