Retaining Wall on North Side of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. A C17 Retaining wall. 2 related planning applications.
Retaining Wall on North Side of Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- seventh-turret-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall on North Side of Churchyard, Church Street, Steeple Bumpstead, CB9 7DG
- OS grid reference
- TL 679 410
- Coordinates
- 52.04265, 0.44734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This retaining wall, dating to the 17th century and later, runs along the north side of the churchyard in Steeple Bumpstead, between the churchyard and Church Street, spanning approximately 60 metres from a lock-up to the east of the church, adjacent to the National School. The wall is constructed of a mix of materials including re-used limestone ashlar, pebble rubble, and red brick in various bonds. Seven buttresses of different periods are incorporated into the north face of the wall.
Local climate
Retaining Wall on North Side of Churchyard sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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