Retaining Wall to Highway and Flights of Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1993. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall to Highway and Flights of Steps
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-forge-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1993
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall to Highway and Flights of Steps, Lower Broad Street, Ludlow
- OS grid reference
- SO 512 743
- Coordinates
- 52.36482, -2.71777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall and flights of steps were built between 1829 and 1830. Constructed from coursed rubble stone and brick, the wall is approximately 1.5 meters high and extends southwards from outside No. 72 to outside No. 34. It features flights of flag-topped steps leading up to the highway at various intervals. This structure was part of the gradient improvement works recommended by Thomas Telford in 1829.
Local climate
Retaining Wall to Highway and Flights of Steps receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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