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

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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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