Front Terrace Wall to Chew's House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1976. Retaining wall.

Front Terrace Wall to Chew's House

WRENN ID
crumbling-bronze-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1976
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Front Terrace Wall to Chew's House, High Street South, Dunstable, LU6 3SF
OS grid reference
TL 021 216
Coordinates
51.88403, -0.51773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front terrace wall to Chew's House, dating from around 1715, is a red brick retaining wall with a parapet. It features a central broad flight of steps leading up, which is flanked by modern wrought iron gates. This structure is included for its group value with Nos 65 to 75 (odd) and Chew's House, as they form a cohesive architectural group.

Local climate

Front Terrace Wall to Chew's House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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