Library Garden, Leighton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 December 1982. Garden.
Library Garden, Leighton Hall
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 December 1982
- Type
- Garden
- Address
- Library Garden, Leighton Hall, Leighton Park, Forden, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- OS grid reference
- SJ 241 045
- Coordinates
- 52.63328, -3.12262
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Library Garden at Leighton Hall is a walled garden measuring approximately 60 meters by 40 meters. It is enclosed by walls made of coursed, rock-faced Cefn stone with ashlar dressings and ramped coping. The wall on the northeast side is taller to hide the service wing of Leighton Hall behind it. In the northeast corner, there is said to be a cistern that collects rainwater from Leighton Hall Tower.
The garden is divided into two sections by a low bank, which features stone steps in the center. The outer walls are defined by piers topped with caps that have gablets, which are adorned with hood moulds and head stops. The corners of the garden walls are also marked by piers with similar caps, while the inner faces of the walls have stepped buttresses.
On the north side, there is an embattled doorway that leads to the front of the Hall, as well as a simpler doorway with a mullioned overlight that provides access to the service yard. The east wall contains two doorways set under segmental pointed arches, which are framed by hood moulds that highlight cusped panels in the spandrels and are flanked by panels featuring foliage in lozenges. Each of these doorways has boarded doors with prominent braces. The south wall has a more straightforward doorway.
Local climate
Library Garden, Leighton Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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