Pedestal is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. A C18 Monument.

Pedestal

WRENN ID
wild-attic-claret
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1954
Type
Monument
Address
Pedestal, South Parterre, Henderskelfe
OS grid reference
SE 716 697
Coordinates
54.11897, -0.90548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pedestal, located in the south part of the garden at Castle Howard, is a Grade I listed structure dating from around 1720. Designed by the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, it is made of sandstone and stands approximately 4.5 metres tall. The pedestal features a central rectangular pier topped with a drum pedestal, which is flanked by rectangular buttresses that have raised panels. Each buttress supports an urn adorned with festoons and a finial on a shaped base. The pedestal includes a moulded base and cornices. It originally held a lead statue of the Wrestlers, which is no longer present.

Local climate

Pedestal receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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