Garden Retaining Walls Flanking Entrance at Kirby House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. Garden wall.
Garden Retaining Walls Flanking Entrance at Kirby House
- WRENN ID
- twisted-gutter-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1984
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden Retaining Walls Flanking Entrance at Kirby House, Inkpen
- OS grid reference
- SU 375 632
- Coordinates
- 51.36718, -1.46138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden retaining walls flanking the entrance at Kirby House date from the 18th century. They are constructed of grey brick with red dressings and stand approximately 1 metre high. The walls are curved and serve to retain the raised garden area.
Local climate
Garden Retaining Walls Flanking Entrance at Kirby House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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