Retaining Wall South of Stone House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Wall.

Retaining Wall South of Stone House

WRENN ID
sheer-truss-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Wall
Address
Retaining Wall South of Stone House, Back Lane, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 997 392
Coordinates
54.74831, -2.0056
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure is a garden wall that has been converted into a retaining wall, dating from the 17th century. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and features an ashlar doorway. The wall stands approximately 2 meters high and is topped with a round coping made of narrow vertically-set stones. On the right side, there is a square-headed chamfered doorway that has been blocked. A section on the left has been lowered and renewed, but this part is not of particular interest.

Local climate

Retaining Wall South of Stone House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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