Steps and Terrace Wall Approx 5 Yards South of Belsay Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Terrace wall and steps.
Steps and Terrace Wall Approx 5 Yards South of Belsay Hall
- WRENN ID
- first-render-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Terrace wall and steps
- OS grid reference
- NZ 088 783
- Coordinates
- 55.09941, -1.86322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps and terrace wall located approximately 5 yards south of Belsay Hall were built between 1810 and 1817 by Sir Charles Monck. The structure is made of ashlar and features a moulded plinth facing the house. The wall is about 80 yards long and stands approximately 7 feet high from the lower terrace and about 2 feet high from the upper terrace. It has slightly ridged coping with moulded edges. The wall is broken twice in front of the house and once to the west by flights of 10 moulded steps, which have similar side walls that end in low oblong piers.
Local climate
Steps and Terrace Wall Approx 5 Yards South of Belsay Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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