Formal garden retaining walls and steps approximately 40 metres south of Wroxall Abbey Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1990. Garden structure.
Formal garden retaining walls and steps approximately 40 metres south of Wroxall Abbey Hotel
- WRENN ID
- former-rubble-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1990
- Type
- Garden structure
- Address
- Formal garden retaining walls and steps approximately 40 metres south of Wroxall Abbey Hotel, CV35 7NB
- OS grid reference
- SP 221 706
- Coordinates
- 52.33357, -1.67669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The formal garden retaining walls and steps, located approximately 40 metres south of Wroxall Abbey Hotel, were built around 1866 by Walter Scott of Liverpool for James Dugdale. They are constructed of stone and feature pierced cusped balustrades. The stone winder steps lead to a central platform, forming the boundary of the formal garden to the south of the main building. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Formal garden retaining walls and steps approximately 40 metres south of Wroxall Abbey Hotel receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 74% 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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