Balustrade and Wall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Balustrade and wall.
Balustrade and Wall
- WRENN ID
- plain-banister-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Balustrade and wall
- Address
- Balustrade and Wall, South Parterre, Henderskelfe
- OS grid reference
- SE 716 698
- Coordinates
- 54.11908, -0.90483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The balustrade and wall at Castle Howard, dating from the 1720s, define the south end of the south parterre. Made of sandstone, the structure is approximately 100 metres long, running east to west, with a central gap and turning at both ends to enclose pedestals at the south-east and south-west corners of the parterre. The balustrade stands about one metre high and features an open section with bulbous balusters between the pedestals. The blind sections include fielded panels surrounding the pedestals. This feature is noted in Hussey C's "English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-1750" from 1967 and is part of the Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, specifically for North Yorkshire at Castle Howard, which is Grade I listed.
Local climate
Balustrade and Wall 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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