Retaining Wall of River Brun with Associated Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. Retaining wall.

Retaining Wall of River Brun with Associated Railings

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Wall of River Brun with Associated Railings, Bank Parade
OS grid reference
SD 842 329
Coordinates
53.79278, -2.24114
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall of the River Brun, along with its associated railings, is located on the east side of Bank Parade in Burnley. This structure was rebuilt in the late 19th century and is made of coursed squared sandstone rubble. It features cast-iron spear-headed railings with square standards that have foliated heads, all mounted on a low sandstone plinth. This retaining wall forms a group with a slightly different section of retaining wall located on School Lane.

Local climate

Retaining Wall of River Brun with Associated Railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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