Plant Container Approximately 90 Metres North North West of Atlas Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Plant container.

Plant Container Approximately 90 Metres North North West of Atlas Fountain

WRENN ID
watchful-stair-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1987
Type
Plant container
OS grid reference
SE 715 699
Coordinates
54.12085, -0.90613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The plant container, located approximately 90 metres north-north-west of Atlas Fountain at Castle Howard, is a Grade II listed structure likely designed in the early 19th century by C. H. Tatham. Made of limestone, it has an oval shape measuring about 5 metres by 2 metres and stands 2 metres tall. The design features two steps leading up to a concave gadrooned base, which is adorned with beaded moulding. Above this base is a convex gadrooned plant container decorated with acanthus leaves. This structure is included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission's Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, specifically noted for its significance in North Yorkshire at Castle Howard, which is a Grade I site.

Local climate

Plant Container Approximately 90 Metres North North West of Atlas Fountain 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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