Garden Steps and Retaining Walls in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Garden feature.

Garden Steps and Retaining Walls in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst

WRENN ID
silent-chapel-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1974
Type
Garden feature
Address
Garden Steps and Retaining Walls in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst, Highgate West Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 280 872
Coordinates
51.5693, -0.1535
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The garden steps and retaining walls in the grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst were built around 1913 by Harold Peto as part of his garden design for Sir Arthur Crosfield. The structure features a straight flight of stone steps that are flanked by a stepped wall, which originally had urns. These steps lead onto a paved terrace that is bordered by a stone retaining wall with a balustraded parapet. Opposite the steps is a viewing platform, which has steps leading from either side, all also featuring a balustraded parapet.

Local climate

Garden Steps and Retaining Walls in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Tennis Pavilion in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst Grade II 30 m
  2. Witanhurst Grade II* 55 m
  3. Four Sculptures Surrounding the Pond in the Italianate Garden, Number 41 Witanhurst Grade II 65 m
  4. Fountain and Pond in the Italianate Garden in the Grounds of Number 41 Witanhurst Grade II 75 m
  5. Walls, Steps, Gateway, Pond and Pergola to Italianate Garden, Number 41 Witanhurst Grade II 109 m
  6. Numbers 1 and 2 and Attached Railings, Walls and Gate Grade II 114 m
  7. Number 3 and Attached Railings, Wall and Lamp Grade II* 120 m
  8. 81, 82 and 83, Highgate West Hill Grade II 120 m
  9. North and South Lodges to Number 41 Witanhurst Grade II 120 m
  10. 84, Highgate West Hill Grade II 123 m