Terrace Wall and Steps South and West of Dunchurch Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 2001. Terrace, garden feature. 2 related planning applications.
Terrace Wall and Steps South and West of Dunchurch Lodge
- WRENN ID
- ancient-rotunda-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 2001
- Type
- Terrace, garden feature
- Address
- Terrace Wall and Steps South and West of Dunchurch Lodge, Rugby Road, CV22 6QW
- OS grid reference
- SP 490 712
- Coordinates
- 52.3374, -1.28218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace wall and steps located south and west of Dunchurch Lodge were built in 1908 by TH Mawson for John Lancaster. Constructed from ashlar and red brick, the terrace spans the entire width of the south front of the house. It is bordered on the east, west, and south sides by a retaining wall that features a turned balustrade and square piers on top. In the center of the south side, there is a flight of steps with an intermediate landing; the lower flight has curving splayed balustrade walls and ball finials. The east and west ends, along with the western wing terrace, include single flights of plain steps.
Attached to the east end of the house, aligned with the south front, is a similar retaining wall approximately 30 meters long, which has an off-center flight of steps and wider steps at the splayed southeast angle. This wall extends northwest for about 10 meters and features a flight of semicircular steps. Originally, this wall enclosed the entrance court, but its balustrade and gateways were removed during alterations in 1951-52. One pair of gates was relocated to Caldecott Park in Rugby.
To the west of the house, in line with the south front, there is a brick wall approximately 20 meters long and 3 meters high, topped with moulded stone coping. This wall includes a round arched doorway with a lattice door and a pedimented gable. Northwest of this wall is a low retaining wall about 30 meters long, featuring slab coping and two semicircular flights of steps leading to the former rose garden and bowling alley. At its northwest end, this wall connects to the kitchen garden wall.
Local climate
Terrace Wall and Steps South and West of Dunchurch Lodge receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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