Retaining Walls of War Memorial Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Garden.

Retaining Walls of War Memorial Garden

WRENN ID
first-courtyard-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
Garden
Address
Retaining Walls of War Memorial Garden, Cliveden Road, Taplow
OS grid reference
SU 909 851
Coordinates
51.55784, -0.68989
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining walls of the War Memorial Garden in Taplow were constructed around 1902. This oval Italian garden is set into a slope and features tufa rock walls on the east side, south end, and at the north, where it is built into a tall alcove. The entry path at the northwest has tufa rock walls, while the west side includes a Roman marble screen wall with a lattice pattern, supported by four herm-type uprights topped with head finials. On the east side, there is a large bronze statue of a woman by Sir B Mackennal, positioned above an elegant classical Roman marble panel. The north alcove houses a Venetian wellhead dated 1561, which includes a bronze plaque commemorating the garden's conversion into a memorial for the First World War.

Local climate

Retaining Walls of War Memorial Garden sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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