Chapel and Terrace Retaining Walls at Stourton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Chapel, walls. 1 related planning application.
Chapel and Terrace Retaining Walls at Stourton Castle
- WRENN ID
- seventh-wicket-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Chapel, walls
- Address
- Chapel and Terrace Retaining Walls at Stourton Castle, Kinver, DY7 5BG
- OS grid reference
- SO 859 849
- Coordinates
- 52.46213, -2.2083
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chapel and terrace retaining walls at Stourton Castle date from the early to mid-19th century and incorporate some earlier materials. They are constructed of red brick with stone dressings. The walls support the terrace around Stourton Castle on the north, south, and east sides, as well as a causeway that approaches the castle from the north. The chapel is located beneath the south-east angle of the terrace.
On the south side, the walls feature stepped buttresses, a projecting parapet band, and a plain coped parapet. The wall ends to the left with a squat circular pier topped with a conical cap and ball finial. The chapel, situated to the right, has a central pointed door flanked by a pair of pointed windows with leaded glass, along with a small loop window to the left. Inside, there is a wooden door, likely from the 15th or 16th century, which is reputed to have come from the gate tower of Stourton Castle. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Chapel and Terrace Retaining Walls at Stourton Castle receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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