Retaining Walls, Steps and Balustrades to Garden Terraces Immediately South of Danesfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1987. A Edwardian Garden structure.
Retaining Walls, Steps and Balustrades to Garden Terraces Immediately South of Danesfield House
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-fireplace-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1987
- Type
- Garden structure
- Period
- Edwardian
- Address
- Retaining Walls, Steps and Balustrades to Garden Terraces Immediately South of Danesfield House, Henley Road, Medmenham
- OS grid reference
- SU 816 843
- Coordinates
- 51.5523, -0.82442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls, steps, and balustrades to the garden terraces immediately south of Danesfield House were built around 1900 for Mr. Robert Hudson. These features are part of a formal terraced garden. The retaining walls are rendered, while the stone steps and balustrades display decorative elements. The balustrades on the sides of the terraces are arcaded and supported by rusticated piers with keyblocks. The main piers are also rusticated and topped with ball finials. The balustrade along the southern side of the house features a design of inverted fishscales. The central flight of steps includes side benches with carved stone scroll ends. These elements are included for their group value.
Local climate
Retaining Walls, Steps and Balustrades to Garden Terraces Immediately South of Danesfield House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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