Balustrades to hillside walk to rear of The Boathouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Balustrade.

Balustrades to hillside walk to rear of The Boathouse

WRENN ID
floating-forge-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
Balustrade
Address
Balustrades to hillside walk to rear of The Boathouse, Cliveden Road, Taplow
OS grid reference
SU 909 846
Coordinates
51.55314, -0.68991
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The balustrades to the hillside walk at the rear of The Boathouse were constructed around 1900 for W.W. Astor by T. Waldo Story. These stone balustrades are designed in a Renaissance style and are part of a footpath that overlooks the River Thames. They are modeled on the balustrade from Villa Borghese and feature turned balusters along with carved eagles on the piers. There are six sections divided by piers on the west side, while the hillside side has three sections and a single pier.

Local climate

Balustrades to hillside walk to rear of The Boathouse 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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