Flight of Steps with Urns Adjacent to North Front of Drayton House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. A Georgian Steps with urns.
Flight of Steps with Urns Adjacent to North Front of Drayton House
- WRENN ID
- roaming-keep-grove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1987
- Type
- Steps with urns
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SP 963 800
- Coordinates
- 52.41013, -0.5856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The flight of steps with urns adjacent to the north front of Drayton House is an early 18th-century feature, designed in the style of Van Nost, with restorations made in the 19th century. The steps are made of limestone ashlar and are accompanied by four lead urns, each featuring classical bas reliefs, positioned on ashlar plinths. The gardens surrounding this area are included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England Register of Parks and Gardens at grade I.
Local climate
Flight of Steps with Urns Adjacent to North Front of Drayton House 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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