Steps and Balustrading Running Approximately 2 Metres South of the South Front of Caverswall Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1986. Steps and balustrade.
Steps and Balustrading Running Approximately 2 Metres South of the South Front of Caverswall Castle
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1986
- Type
- Steps and balustrade
- OS grid reference
- SJ 950 428
- Coordinates
- 52.98252, -2.07459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps and balustrading, dating from around 1890, are made of stone and located approximately 2 meters south of the south front of Caverswall Castle. The balustrade is set on a plinth about 1000mm above ground level and runs along the length of the 1615 facade of the castle. It features rusticated pillars with ball finials and consists of four bays with fretted strapwork on either side of a central flight of six steps that lead to the entrance. This structure is included for its group value with the castle.
Local climate
Steps and Balustrading Running Approximately 2 Metres South of the South Front of Caverswall Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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