Castle Howard Reservoir Basin and Pedestal at Centre of Reservoir is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Landscape feature.

Castle Howard Reservoir Basin and Pedestal at Centre of Reservoir

WRENN ID
eternal-bracket-soot
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1987
Type
Landscape feature
Address
Castle Howard Reservoir Basin and Pedestal at Centre of Reservoir, Henderskelfe
OS grid reference
SE 718 702
Coordinates
54.1227, -0.90181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Castle Howard Reservoir basin and pedestal are located at the center of the reservoir and date from the 1720s. They are part of a landscape design for Ray Wood, likely by S. Switzer. The basin is made of ashlar and is circular, measuring approximately 30 meters in diameter. At its center stands a rectangular pedestal on a moulded base, featuring raised square panels and a moulded cornice. This site is noted in Hussey C's "English Gardens and Landscapes," published in 1967, and is included in the Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, which is designated as Grade I.

Local climate

Castle Howard Reservoir Basin and Pedestal at Centre of Reservoir 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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