Stone Screen and Flanking Sections of Walling Enclosing Former Parterre on Frontage of Shapwick Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1963. A Post-Medieval Structure.

Stone Screen and Flanking Sections of Walling Enclosing Former Parterre on Frontage of Shapwick Manor

WRENN ID
ruined-garret-mallow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1963
Type
Structure
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Stone Screen and Flanking Sections of Walling Enclosing Former Parterre on Frontage of Shapwick Manor, Station Road
OS grid reference
ST 417 384
Coordinates
51.14231, -2.83388
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone screen and flanking sections of walling enclosing the former parterre at Shapwick Manor date back to the 17th century, reputedly constructed in 1658 for Henry Bull. The structure is made of coursed and squared lias rubble and dressed stone, designed symmetrically around a central semi-circular headed archway. This archway features a moulded surround, emphasised imposts and key, and a moulded cornice. Above it is a central triangular pediment with moulded capping that extends to each side, topped with a large ball finial. Originally, there were rampant stone lions on either side, which were removed during a re-survey in December 1984.

On each side, there are dwarf rubble walls capped by balustrading arranged in three bays, with square piers at each end and between each bay. Each pier is topped with a tall obelisk finial and vase balusters. There is also a section of rubble wall flanking a broad gateway, and to the right, a stone mounting block with five steps. The central archway includes a 19th-century gate.

Local climate

Stone Screen and Flanking Sections of Walling Enclosing Former Parterre on Frontage of Shapwick Manor receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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