Wall and Steps to Terrace in Front of St Mary's School and School House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Wall. 2 related planning applications.

Wall and Steps to Terrace in Front of St Mary's School and School House

WRENN ID
crooked-porch-swallow
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
Wall
Address
Wall and Steps to Terrace in Front of St Mary's School and School House, Eaton Road, Eaton and Eccleston, CH4 9HD
OS grid reference
SJ 411 626
Coordinates
53.15744, -2.88184
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and steps to the terrace in front of St Mary's School and School House were built in 1878 by John Douglas, funded by the 1st Duke of Westminster. The structure features a buttressed red sandstone retaining wall that supports a raised terrace. It has weathered coping and octagonal piers flanking the stone steps.

Local climate

Wall and Steps to Terrace in Front of St Mary's School and School House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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