Dam Across North Side of Pond Approximately 15 Metres North of Kitchen Gardens of Edgcote House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Dam.
Dam Across North Side of Pond Approximately 15 Metres North of Kitchen Gardens of Edgcote House
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-jade-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- Dam
- OS grid reference
- SP 509 477
- Coordinates
- 52.12557, -1.25755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dam built in the 18th century, located on the north side of a pond approximately 15 meters north of the kitchen gardens of Edgcote House. The dam is constructed from squared coursed ironstone with a stone coping. It creates a pond that supplies an irrigation channel for the kitchen garden, which is fed from a lake in Edgcote Park. This structure is part of the irrigation system established on the estate in the 18th century.
Local climate
Dam Across North Side of Pond Approximately 15 Metres North of Kitchen Gardens of Edgcote House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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