Wall Fronting South (Garden) Front, of Dorfold Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1986. Retaining wall.

Wall Fronting South (Garden) Front, of Dorfold Hall

WRENN ID
old-cupola-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1986
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Wall Fronting South (Garden) Front, of Dorfold Hall, Burland and Acton
OS grid reference
SJ 635 524
Coordinates
53.06825, -2.54497
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall fronting the south (garden) front of Dorfold Hall is a retaining wall, likely built in 1862. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and serves to manage the change in level of the lawns south of the Hall. The wall features a solid design with a moulded plinth and a weathered overhanging coping that has an ovolo moulded underside. The wall is only one block high between the plinth and the coping, but the plinth is deeper on the south side where the ground level is lower. At intervals of three stones, there are plain projecting pilasters, with the plinth and coping widened at these points. Openings in the wall are flanked by ball finials set on scotia moulded bases. The east end of the wall returns to the north and includes six steps that lead to the lower level, with a solid stepped balustrade of similar construction flanking the steps on both sides.

Local climate

Wall Fronting South (Garden) Front, of Dorfold Hall receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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