Retaining Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1977. Retaining walls.
Retaining Walls
- WRENN ID
- fallow-cornice-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1977
- Type
- Retaining walls
- Address
- Retaining Walls, Walkergate, Alnwick
- OS grid reference
- NU 184 137
- Coordinates
- 55.41746, -1.7094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls on the south side of Walkergate are likely from the early 19th century. They extend for about 200 yards in total. The first 100 yards are built of rubble and stand approximately 5 feet high, while the remaining section is constructed of ashlar and reaches about 9 feet in height. There is a recessed fountain located to the east of the center, and at the eastern end, there is a double door set under a segmental archway.
Local climate
Retaining Walls 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 lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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