Terrace Retaining Wall and Railings 5 Yards North of Numbers 14-18 is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Retaining wall.
Terrace Retaining Wall and Railings 5 Yards North of Numbers 14-18
- WRENN ID
- tenth-transept-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Terrace Retaining Wall and Railings 5 Yards North of Numbers 14-18, Market Place, Wooler, NE71 6LQ
- OS grid reference
- NT 991 279
- Coordinates
- 55.5456, -2.01478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace retaining wall and railings located 5 yards north of numbers 14-18 in Wooler Market Place. It was built in the mid-19th century and is constructed from rock-faced ashlar and cast iron. The retaining wall is approximately 40 yards long and stands 5 feet high, with three later concrete steps interrupting its length. On top of the wall, there are railings featuring a top rail and spear-head standards.
Local climate
Terrace Retaining Wall and Railings 5 Yards North of Numbers 14-18 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2003
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