Wall to Lower Terrace on South and East Sides of Somerley Park House is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1987. Retaining wall.
Wall to Lower Terrace on South and East Sides of Somerley Park House
- WRENN ID
- moated-alcove-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1987
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Wall to Lower Terrace on South and East Sides of Somerley Park House, Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
- OS grid reference
- SU 134 079
- Coordinates
- 50.87048, -1.81038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall to the lower terrace on the south and east sides of Somerley Park House is a Grade II listed retaining wall featuring steps. Constructed of brick with stone coping, it includes decorative vases and balustrading. To the south of the house, the wall begins at a change of direction of the upper terrace, extending south and then east, approximately 50 meters from the house. It bows around a fountain, with a flight of steps located in the middle of the bow, situated 30 meters south-south-east of the picture gallery. The wall then turns north, running parallel to the east front and continuing alongside a walkway for a total length of 120 meters. It has piers at 4-meter intervals, each topped with vases. There is a wide flight of five steps with larger vases on either side at the top. The eastern section of the wall is topped with a balustrade that features similar piers and vases.
Local climate
Wall to Lower Terrace on South and East Sides of Somerley Park House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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