Retaining Wall to South Side of Gardens in Front of Adelaide Crescent is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1992. Retaining wall. 2 related planning applications.

Retaining Wall to South Side of Gardens in Front of Adelaide Crescent

WRENN ID
errant-screen-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Hove and Portslade MP: Peter Kyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1992
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Wall to South Side of Gardens in Front of Adelaide Crescent, the City of Brighton and Hove
OS grid reference
TQ 293 043
Coordinates
50.82406, -0.16459
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall to the south side of the gardens in front of Adelaide Crescent was built around 1830 and designed by Decimus Burton. It features a cement render over brick and stands approximately 2 meters high in the center, with the road ramped up on either side until the wall reaches about 75 centimeters in height. The wall is about 90 meters long and showcases vermiculated rustication. It is supported by 14 square piers, which are decorated with bands of ashlar and vermiculation, featuring an upper band that is fluted, molded caps with a segmental pediment, and an Etruscan stylized palmette in the tympanum. This structure is part of the original layout of Adelaide Crescent.

Local climate

Retaining Wall to South Side of Gardens in Front of Adelaide Crescent receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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