Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 14 Metres to North-East of Loton Park is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Retaining wall.
Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 14 Metres to North-East of Loton Park
- WRENN ID
- stranded-bronze-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 356 147
- Coordinates
- 52.72672, -2.95392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace retaining wall, located approximately 14 metres to the north-east of Loton Park, dates back to 1835 and is likely the work of Thomas Jones from Chester. It is constructed from uncoursed red sandstone rubble with red sandstone ashlar dressings and features a parapet. The wall has a shallow U-shape, measuring around 80 metres in length, with returns at each end towards the south-west. The parapet includes a chamfered plinth that acts as a string course on the north-east side, chamfered coping, and two sections with square-section balusters. It ramps up to the centre at the south-east end, which is adorned with square piers topped with urns. At the south-east end, there is a chamfered depressed arch that leads to a barrel-vaulted tunnel beneath the terrace, featuring a keystone dated 1835 and brickwork in the tunnel dated 1842. Thomas Jones also made alterations at Loton Park around 1830 and 1838, suggesting he was likely responsible for the construction of this terrace, which is positioned in front of the north-east front of the building that dates to around 1711.
Local climate
Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 14 Metres to North-East of Loton Park receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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