Fountain 140 metres to south east of Ascott House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Fountain.
Fountain 140 metres to south east of Ascott House
- WRENN ID
- night-panel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Fountain
- Address
- Fountain 140 metres to south east of Ascott House, LU7 0PT
- OS grid reference
- SP 892 225
- Coordinates
- 51.89468, -0.70427
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This ornamental garden fountain, located 140 metres southeast of Ascott House, was created around 1890 by the sculptor Waldo Story. It is made of bronze and marble and features a figure of Venus standing on a terrapin in a shell chariot. The chariot is drawn by horses with webbed wings and hooves, and is led by a triton. The fountain was illustrated in Country Life in 1900 on pages 424 and 247.
Local climate
Fountain 140 metres to south east of Ascott House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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