Terrace Wall Below Lower Garden, 180 Metres South-West of Beaufront Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Retaining wall.

Terrace Wall Below Lower Garden, 180 Metres South-West of Beaufront Castle

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Retaining wall
OS grid reference
NY 963 657
Coordinates
54.9862, -2.05905
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The terrace wall located below the lower garden, 180 metres south-west of Beaufront Castle, was built in 1911. It features squared stone dressings and stands 1.5 metres high with a flat coping. A central square-headed recess contains a large projecting channeled stone with an inscribed tablet that reads, "DRAIN USED IN A STREET OF CORSTOPITUM ABOUT 150 AD AND BROUGHT HERE 1911." This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Terrace Wall Below Lower Garden, 180 Metres South-West of Beaufront Castle receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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