Covered Stone Vase on Stone Pedestal, Cliveden is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Vase.
Covered Stone Vase on Stone Pedestal, Cliveden
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-ember-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Vase
- Address
- Covered Stone Vase on Stone Pedestal, Cliveden, Cliveden Road, Taplow
- OS grid reference
- SU 908 856
- Coordinates
- 51.56235, -0.69016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The covered stone vase on a stone pedestal at Cliveden dates from around 1725 and marks the end of the vista from the Shell Fountain. The vase features decorative swags and lions' masks. An inscription on the side of the pedestal reads, "The gift of Queen Anne to George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney."
Local climate
Covered Stone Vase on Stone Pedestal, Cliveden 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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