Terrace Parapet,Retaining Wall and Staircase is a Grade II* listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. Terrace, landscape architecture. 5 related planning applications.
Terrace Parapet,Retaining Wall and Staircase
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-pedestal-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terrace, landscape architecture
- Address
- Terrace Parapet,Retaining Wall and Staircase, Burley, LE15 7FH
- OS grid reference
- SK 884 101
- Coordinates
- 52.68188, -0.69344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century formal terrace, retaining wall, and staircase located on the south front of a house. The terrace features a long, low parapet with a balustrade alternating with moulded stone panels, all set above a high stone retaining wall that contains shallow arched recesses. Two symmetrical flights of stone steps, each with stone balustrades and a sweeping stone rail, rise to the central projecting section of the terrace. It is possibly the sole survivor of three tiered terraces originally built around 1710 by Daniel Finch, although it may have been reconstructed by Repton, who reportedly removed the lower terrace around 1796. The terrace reflects a tradition established by Buckingham’s house, and from a distance, it provides a significant visual base and foundation for the building.
Local climate
Terrace Parapet,Retaining Wall and Staircase sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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