Balustraded Retaining Wall of Lower Terrace South West of Chateau Impney Hotel, Including Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1985. Wall.
Balustraded Retaining Wall of Lower Terrace South West of Chateau Impney Hotel, Including Steps
- WRENN ID
- errant-pier-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1985
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Balustraded Retaining Wall of Lower Terrace South West of Chateau Impney Hotel, Including Steps, Impney Park, Dodderhill
- OS grid reference
- SO 909 639
- Coordinates
- 52.27371, -2.13349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The balustraded retaining wall of the lower terrace, located southwest of the Château Impney Hotel, was built between 1869 and 1875 by Auguste Tronquois. It is constructed of brick and ashlar and has a rectangular plan measuring approximately 75 metres by 50 metres, with circular projections at the west and east corners. There are flights of steps at the northwest and southeast sides that connect the upper part of the terrace to the lower part. The retaining walls are topped with a balustrade and feature rusticated ashlar pilasters at intervals along the walls.
Local climate
Balustraded Retaining Wall of Lower Terrace South West of Chateau Impney Hotel, Including Steps 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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