Three flights of stairs into sunken garden immediately north of Montacute House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Garden stairs.
Three flights of stairs into sunken garden immediately north of Montacute House
- WRENN ID
- tall-postern-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Garden stairs
- Address
- Three flights of stairs into sunken garden immediately north of Montacute House, the Borough, TA15 6XP
- OS grid reference
- ST 500 172
- Coordinates
- 50.9527, -2.71308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three flights of stairs lead into a sunken garden immediately north of Montacute House. These garden stairs may date back partially to the 16th century but were remodeled in the 19th century. They are constructed from Ham stone ashlar. The east and west flights each have nine steps, while the north flight has seven steps, featuring unmoulded risers and treads. The side balustrades include plinths, turned balusters, and moulded copings, with square end piers topped with a variety of vase finials. The stairs are aligned with the axes of the pool and fountain nearby.
Local climate
Three flights of stairs into sunken garden immediately north of Montacute House 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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