Retaining Wall, Steps and Urns Extending Approximately 80 Metres from North of East 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. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall, Steps and Urns Extending Approximately 80 Metres from North of East Front of Drayton House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-roof-lark
- 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
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- SP 963 801
- Coordinates
- 52.41057, -0.5854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall, steps, and urns extend approximately 80 meters from the north of the east front of Drayton House. This structure likely has origins from the late 16th century, with early 18th-century urns that are probably by J. Van Nost. The wall is made of squared coursed limestone and features an ashlar parapet. There are flights of steps at both ends of the wall, with the steps at the east end flanked by four closed lead urns. This structure was likely the northern boundary of the main parterre on the east side of Drayton House. The gardens are included in the Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens at grade I.
Local climate
Retaining Wall, Steps and Urns Extending Approximately 80 Metres from North of East 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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