Parterre, Retaining Wall and Steps Approximately 30 Metres East of Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Landscape architecture.

Parterre, Retaining Wall and Steps Approximately 30 Metres East of Manor House

WRENN ID
rough-nave-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Landscape architecture
OS grid reference
SP 573 683
Coordinates
52.30986, -1.15977
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The parterre, retaining wall, and steps were built around 1909 to 1912 by Sir Edwin Lutyens and are located approximately 30 meters east of the Manor House in Ashby St. Ledgers. The retaining walls are made of uncoursed limestone and ironstone rubble, topped with ironstone coping. The steps, paving, and balustrade are crafted from limestone ashlar. There is a wall with a balustrade and a flight of semi-circular steps at each end, which lead down from the lawn east of the Manor House to a paved parterre featuring flower beds arranged in geometric patterns. Similar steps can be found at the north and south approaches to the parterre. This area is also at the head of a sunken canal garden, which was also designed by Lutyens.

Local climate

Parterre, Retaining Wall and Steps Approximately 30 Metres East of Manor House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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