Southern Retaining Wall to Upper Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Retaining wall.
Southern Retaining Wall to Upper Terrace
- WRENN ID
- fossil-roof-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1983
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Southern Retaining Wall to Upper Terrace, Eaton Park Garden, Eaton and Eccleston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 414 606
- Coordinates
- 53.13973, -2.8773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Southern Retaining Wall to the Upper Terrace is a retaining wall and steps built around 1896, which is tentatively attributed to the architect Edwin Lutyens, although it was likely altered by Detmar Blow in 1911 for the 2nd Duke. The wall is constructed from pale grey stone and red sandstone. It features balustraded wings; the left wing projects with quadrant corners and overlooks the southern "Italian" gardens, while the right wing includes a central balustraded flight of 12 stone steps leading to the middle terrace.
Local climate
Southern Retaining Wall to Upper Terrace receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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