Fountain 20 metres to north west of front door to Ascott House. is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Fountain.

Fountain 20 metres to north west of front door to Ascott House.

WRENN ID
inner-vestry-falcon
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 20 metres to north west of front door to Ascott House., LU7 0PT
OS grid reference
SP 891 226
Coordinates
51.89563, -0.70634
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fountain located 20 metres northwest of the front door to Ascott House is an ornamental garden feature dating from around 1890. It is made of carved marble and designed in the Renaissance style. The fountain has a wide basin supported by a stem that is intricately carved with acanthus leaves and putti. It stands on a square plinth adorned with swags and has a curved base. It is important to note that the fountain is not in its original position. It was illustrated in Country Life magazine in 1900 on page 243.

Local climate

Fountain 20 metres to north west of front door to 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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