Retaining Wall and Adjoining Servants' Tunnel About 65 Yards North-West of Hanbury Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. Retaining wall, servants' tunnel.

Retaining Wall and Adjoining Servants' Tunnel About 65 Yards North-West of Hanbury Hall

WRENN ID
sombre-minaret-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Retaining wall, servants' tunnel
OS grid reference
SO 943 637
Coordinates
52.27179, -2.08451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall and adjoining servants' tunnel, located about 65 yards north-west of Hanbury Hall, date back to the early 18th century but were remodeled in the mid-19th century when the tunnel was added. The wall is constructed of brick in English garden wall bond, featuring some handmade bricks and topped with sandstone copings. It forms a roughly quadrant shape about 25 yards long, with a return at the east end and an entrance to the tunnel at the north end. The tunnel is built of partly blue brick, has a vaulted ceiling, and extends approximately 20 yards to the west. The walls at the west end entrance are splayed and end in short square piers. Originally, the retaining wall was connected to one of a pair of pavilions that marked the boundary between the formal garden designed by George London and the pond and deer park beyond. The original layout is depicted in a perspective drawing from 1732 by Joseph Dougharty.

Local climate

Retaining Wall and Adjoining Servants' Tunnel About 65 Yards North-West of Hanbury Hall receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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