Balustrade from the Villa Borghese, Rome, to the South of Cliveden is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. Balustrade.
Balustrade from the Villa Borghese, Rome, to the South of Cliveden
- WRENN ID
- stranded-steeple-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Balustrade
- OS grid reference
- SU 910 851
- Coordinates
- 51.55768, -0.68823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The balustrade from the Villa Borghese in Rome is located to the south of Cliveden and was erected in 1896 by Viscount Astor, coming from the south forecourt of the Casino. It features alternating sections of red Roman brick and stone balusters set between stone piers. The balustrade has a moulded stone cornice rail and includes two sections with a central break. At the ends, there are square two-tier stone piers, with the central two supporting stone statues and fountains that have shell-shaped basins below. The balustrade was designed by G di Gincome and P Massoni in 1618, while the statues, created by French artists Poirier and Cayot, date from around 1715.
Local climate
Balustrade from the Villa Borghese, Rome, to the South of Cliveden 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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