Irish Yew Garden Kylix and Pedestal is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Garden ornament.
Irish Yew Garden Kylix and Pedestal
- WRENN ID
- fossil-string-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
- Garden ornament
- Address
- Irish Yew Garden Kylix and Pedestal, Henderskelfe
- OS grid reference
- SE 715 697
- Coordinates
- 54.11895, -0.90704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Irish Yew Garden Kylix and Pedestal at Castle Howard was erected in 1845 and is likely designed by C. H. Tatham, as it resembles other structures in the south parterre. The pedestal is made of sandstone and stands approximately 3 metres tall, featuring a massive base with a moulded design. It is inscribed on two sides with the 7th Earl of Carlisle's prize-winning poem "Paestum." The other two sides have additional inscriptions that include lines from Virgil and Ovid, along with the date "Jussu Georgii Sexti CC MDCCCXLV." The pedestal is adorned with a bead-and-reel frieze and a moulded egg-and-dart cornice. The kylix is broken fluted and decorated with foliate motifs. This structure is also listed in the Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, specifically for Castle Howard, which is Grade I.
Local climate
Irish Yew Garden Kylix and 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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