Walls Enclosing Sunken Garden Immediately South of Hinton House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Garden enclosure.
Walls Enclosing Sunken Garden Immediately South of Hinton House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Garden enclosure
- Address
- Walls Enclosing Sunken Garden Immediately South of Hinton House, Hinton Park, Hinton St. George
- OS grid reference
- ST 418 123
- Coordinates
- 50.90747, -2.82874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls enclosing the sunken garden immediately south of Hinton House were built in 1913 and are made of Ham stone ashlar. The retaining wall is about 2 meters high and is only visible on the sunken side. Above this, there is low open balustrading with piers that rise to approximately 5 meters in height overall. Each pier features small semi-circular arched panels on each face, with raked keystones that extend into cornice caps in an Art Nouveau style, topped with steps and pineapple finials. The east and west sides are straight and have matching flights of steps, with one at each end on the west side and a central flight on the east side. The serpentine south wall includes open niches between pairs of piers. This structure was created by William John Lydston, the 7th Earl Poulett, as noted in the inscription on the inner face of the west wall. The wall and the enclosed garden significantly enhance the circa 1630 south elevation of Hinton House.
Local climate
Walls Enclosing Sunken Garden Immediately South of Hinton House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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