Retaining Walls to Raised Walk to Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Retaining wall.

Retaining Walls to Raised Walk to Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court

WRENN ID
little-bailey-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Walls to Raised Walk to Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court, Church Road
OS grid reference
SU 708 748
Coordinates
51.46801, -0.98163
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining walls to the raised walk leading to the Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court date from the 17th century. They are primarily constructed of brick, with sections of flint featuring brick banding and buttresses on the western side. The walls vary in height from 8 feet to 5 feet, being lower on the eastern, more formal side. The retaining wall of the terrace walk extends northward to connect with the churchyard retaining wall, although this connection is interrupted by the entrance to the allotments, which has a flint base, brick lacing courses, buttresses, and upper courses.

Local climate

Retaining Walls to Raised Walk to Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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