Retaining Walls to Pond Containing Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Retaining walls.
Retaining Walls to Pond Containing Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus
- WRENN ID
- scattered-passage-flax
- 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 walls
- Address
- Retaining Walls to Pond Containing Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus, Western Forecourt to Easton Hall, Eaton and Eccleston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 413 607
- Coordinates
- 53.14034, -2.87831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls to the Quatrefoil Pond were built between 1870 and 1879. They are constructed of stone and feature raised shaped coping. At the center of the pond, there is a plinth that supports the equestrian statue of Hugh Lupus.
Local climate
Retaining Walls to Pond Containing Equestrian Statue of Hugh Lupus 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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