Pair of urns circa 200 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor at north end of drives is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Garden feature.
Pair of urns circa 200 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor at north end of drives
- WRENN ID
- sheer-entrance-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Pair of urns circa 200 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor at north end of drives, HP18 0JH
- OS grid reference
- SP 731 166
- Coordinates
- 51.84397, -0.93898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of large ornamental garden urns located approximately 200 metres to the northwest of Waddesdon Manor, at the north end of the drives. These urns date from the late 19th century and are made of white marble. Each urn features a gadrooned base, a moulded rim, and a spirally fluted stem.
Local climate
Pair of urns circa 200 metres to north west of Waddesdon Manor at north end of drives receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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