Pool, Fountain Head and Terms to Surrounding Terrace in Garden of Easton Neston House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Garden feature. 1 related planning application.

Pool, Fountain Head and Terms to Surrounding Terrace in Garden of Easton Neston House

WRENN ID
muted-storey-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1988
Type
Garden feature
OS grid reference
SP 702 492
Coordinates
52.13713, -0.97461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pool, fountain-head, and surrounding terrace in the garden of Easton Neston House date from around 1950. The pool is rectangular with a half-elliptical arm, constructed from brick with a concrete lining and a limestone kerb. At the center of the arm, there is a lead fountain-head featuring a boy riding a dolphin, which is likely from the 19th century and of continental origin. The stone-paved terrace that surrounds the arm is flanked by limestone terms, three on each side, which probably date from the 18th century. This feature is part of a formal garden layout created by the 1st Baron Hesketh and his head gardener, Swainson, and was partly designed for use as an open-air swimming pool. The park and gardens are included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade II.

Local climate

Pool, Fountain Head and Terms to Surrounding Terrace in Garden of Easton Neston House 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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