Retaining Wall and Stair to Forecourt of Wilton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Redcar and Cleveland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1988. Retaining wall and stair.
Retaining Wall and Stair to Forecourt of Wilton Castle
- WRENN ID
- plain-niche-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Constituency
- Redcar MP: Anna Turley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1988
- Type
- Retaining wall and stair
- OS grid reference
- NZ 581 197
- Coordinates
- 54.56921, -1.1017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall and stair to the forecourt of Wilton Castle were built around 1810. They are made of dressed sandstone and feature chamfered copings on the wall. The central stair has ten steps and is flanked by walls that are splayed at the top. There are square and octagonal terminal piers with chamfered plinths, moulded cornices, and shallow pyramidal caps. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Retaining Wall and Stair to Forecourt of Wilton Castle receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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