Walls, Ramps and Stairways on South Front of Terrace is a Grade II* listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1969. Retaining walls, stairways.

Walls, Ramps and Stairways on South Front of Terrace

WRENN ID
forgotten-sill-barley
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Hove and Portslade MP: Peter Kyle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1969
Type
Retaining walls, stairways
Address
Walls, Ramps and Stairways on South Front of Terrace, Adelaide Crescent, the City of Brighton and Hove
OS grid reference
TQ 293 043
Coordinates
50.82395, -0.16454
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure consists of retaining walls and stairways located on the south front of a terrace, dating from around 1830 and restored in 1981-1982. It was designed by Decimus Burton and features a render over rubble or brick. The layout is symmetrical, with the east side comprising two sections of retaining wall that return to the southeast corner of Adelaide Crescent No 1. There is a stairway leading down to Kingsway at the east end, while the west end of the wall indicates roadway access to the Crescent. The walls are slightly splayed out and are made of vermiculated rustication, adorned with bottle balusters and moulded coping between square piers, along with solid baluster panels on the stairway. This design was part of the original layout for Adelaide Crescent.

Local climate

Walls, Ramps and Stairways on South Front of Terrace 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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