Terrace Along South Garden Front, Ven House is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. A C17 Terrace.

Terrace Along South Garden Front, Ven House

WRENN ID
solemn-tracery-tarn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1961
Type
Terrace
Address
Terrace Along South Garden Front, Ven House, London Road, Milborne Port, DT9 5RA
OS grid reference
ST 680 184
Coordinates
50.96432, -2.45654
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden terrace at Ven House, built between 1696 and 1730 by Richard Grange, is constructed from cut and squared lias stone for the base, featuring Ham ashlar openwork balustrades with piers topped by urns. The terrace consists of seven bays on each side of a central wide sweeping staircase, which has 16 treads. There is a similar untapered flight of stairs at the east end of the terrace. The terrace is paved with Keinton flagstones set diagonally. Although the terrace does not match the original elevation or plan for the south side of Ven House, it is likely the original as executed. This terrace is part of the setting for an important country house.

Local climate

Terrace Along South Garden Front, Ven House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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