Forecourt Retaining Wall Approximately 70 Metres to South West of Loton Park is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Forecourt retaining wall.
Forecourt Retaining Wall Approximately 70 Metres to South West of Loton Park
- WRENN ID
- gilded-lead-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Forecourt retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 356 146
- Coordinates
- 52.72576, -2.95439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt retaining wall, located approximately 70 metres to the south-west of Loton Park, dates from around 1840. It features a base made of roughly coursed red sandstone rubble, with a red sandstone ashlar parapet and piers. The wall is approximately 40 metres long, with each end angled back in a Tudor Gothic style. The parapets are present only on the angled sections at each end and include chamfered plinths and copings. The square inner end piers are topped with cinquefoil-panelled urn finials, and there are ramps leading up to square gate piers at the outer ends, which have trefoil-panelled sides and gabled tops. A ha-ha is located to the south-west. Thomas Jones of Chester, who worked at Loton Park around 1830 and 1838, may also be responsible for this retaining wall, which serves as the fourth side of the forecourt to the house. The wall is included for its group value.
Local climate
Forecourt Retaining Wall Approximately 70 Metres to South West 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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