Retaining Wall of Dam to South East Side of the Boating Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. A 19th century Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall of Dam to South East Side of the Boating Lake
- WRENN ID
- fossil-lime-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Retaining Wall of Dam to South East Side of the Boating Lake, Farley
- OS grid reference
- SK 074 433
- Coordinates
- 52.9878, -1.89111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall of the dam on the south-east side of the Boating Lake was built around 1820, likely designed by J.B. Papworth. Constructed from ashlar stone, the wall resembles a bridge and is designed in a nominal Tudor Gothic style. It features nine bays, with seven 4-centred arches and two blind end bays. The wall also has an openwork parapet with octagonal piers at each bay division. This structure is an important part of the garden layout at Alton Towers, which is recognized as Grade I on the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Gardens Register.
Local climate
Retaining Wall of Dam to South East Side of the Boating Lake receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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