Le Refuge and Attached Retaining Wall, Archway and Steps to Terrace Immediately East of the Loggia is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Summerhouse.

Le Refuge and Attached Retaining Wall, Archway and Steps to Terrace Immediately East of the Loggia

WRENN ID
fading-jamb-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Staffordshire Moorlands
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1967
Type
Summerhouse
Address
Le Refuge and Attached Retaining Wall, Archway and Steps to Terrace Immediately East of the Loggia, Farley
OS grid reference
SK 076 433
Coordinates
52.98721, -1.8876
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Le Refuge is a summerhouse, wall, archway, and steps located immediately east of The Loggia. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of ashlar stone with herringbone tooling and smooth-faced dressings. The structure includes an approximately 50-yard-long wall that extends eastward from The Loggia. At the eastern end, there is a 3-centred archway with panelled pilasters that provides access to a flight of steps. The western end features a summerhouse with a Tuscan portico that has two columns set in antis, a frieze inscribed "LE REFUGE," and a wide central bay leading to a segmental-headed doorway. This feature is part of the significant garden layout at Alton Towers, which is registered at Grade I on the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Gardens Register.

Local climate

Le Refuge and Attached Retaining Wall, Archway and Steps to Terrace Immediately East of the Loggia 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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