Garden Terraces About 50 Metres West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1987. Garden terraces.
Garden Terraces About 50 Metres West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- fossil-keep-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1987
- Type
- Garden terraces
- OS grid reference
- TR 311 525
- Coordinates
- 51.22521, 1.30939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden terraces located about 50 metres west of the Church of St. Mary were built in the late 19th century, designed by George Devey for Sir Walter James. They are constructed from brown brick and dressed stone. The terraces consist of four levels, featuring low flint retaining walls with brick coping and small piers topped with ball finials. The upper terrace includes a large round base, likely intended for a fountain. Above this, there are two flights of seven steps, adorned with vases on the side piers, leading to an oval walled area that has balustrading and urn finials on the piers flanking the side stairs. At the top of the complex, there is a set of stairs that features a central flint panel with a portrait bust set within a roundel.
Local climate
Garden Terraces About 50 Metres West of Church of St Mary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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