Terrace Retaining Wall and Tower Approximatey 10 Metres to North-East and 60 Metres to North-West of Rowton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1952. Wall, tower.
Terrace Retaining Wall and Tower Approximatey 10 Metres to North-East and 60 Metres to North-West of Rowton Castle
- WRENN ID
- nether-threshold-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1952
- Type
- Wall, tower
- OS grid reference
- SJ 378 127
- Coordinates
- 52.70906, -2.9207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace retaining wall and tower, located approximately 10 metres to the north-east and 60 metres to the north-west of Rowton Castle, date from the early 19th century and are possibly designed by George Wyatt. The structure is built from roughly coursed Alberbury breccia rubble with red sandstone coping. It has an irregular U-shape, with the north-east wall measuring about 80 metres in length and 3 metres in height, while the north-west and south-west walls are approximately 35 and 30 metres long, respectively, both standing about 1 metre high.
The north-west wall features a high battered base, a projecting string course, and a parapet with chamfered coping. The terrace extends to the north-east of the castle and includes buttresses at the corners and bastions with battlemented parapets. A flight of stone steps leads to the south-east. At the north-west end, there is a projecting square tower that has a plinth, cornice, and a battlemented parapet with chamfered coping; it consists of two storeys and has a rectangular opening on the first floor facing north-east, along with an entrance on the south-east side. The north-west and south-west walls are earth banked above and feature a low ha-ha. This wall and tower are likely part of the early 19th-century developments at Rowton Castle, which were carried out between 1809 and 1812 by George Wyatt, with further work completed between 1824 and 1828.
Local climate
Terrace Retaining Wall and Tower Approximatey 10 Metres to North-East and 60 Metres to North-West of Rowton Castle receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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