Garden Retaining Wall and Flight of Steps Adjoining Pitchford Hall to South East is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Garden feature.
Garden Retaining Wall and Flight of Steps Adjoining Pitchford Hall to South East
- WRENN ID
- odd-foundation-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Garden feature
- OS grid reference
- SJ 527 041
- Coordinates
- 52.6334, -2.69893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden retaining wall and flight of steps adjoining Pitchford Hall to the southeast were built in the 1870s and 1880s, likely by George Devey, and may include parts of an earlier wall. The structure is made of coursed red sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and stone coping. It measures approximately 34 metres long and 1 to 2 metres high, featuring a convex curved projection to the east. There is a flight of 8 stone steps to the south, flanked by returned retaining walls and square ashlar piers topped with globe finials. This wall may be a rebuilding or replacement of a structure in a similar location that appears on an estate map from 1714, which is kept in the house. The retaining wall is significant as it contributes to the setting of Pitchford Hall, particularly when viewed from the east.
Local climate
Garden Retaining Wall and Flight of Steps Adjoining Pitchford Hall to South East receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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