Urn 90 Metres to West of Grotto and Ruin is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1986. Garden monument.
Urn 90 Metres to West of Grotto and Ruin
- WRENN ID
- vast-lintel-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1986
- Type
- Garden monument
- OS grid reference
- SU 765 840
- Coordinates
- 51.54989, -0.89697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a garden urn located 90 meters to the west of the Grotto and Ruin at Fawley Court. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of stone. The urn stands on a rectangular pedestal that features a moulded base and cornice. It is decorated with carved swags and has a gadrooned base and cover topped with a finial shaped like a pine cone and acanthus leaves.
Local climate
Urn 90 Metres to West of Grotto and Ruin 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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