Wall Extending Approximately 70 Metres Enclosing Garden to South of Dockyard House is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1977. A C19 Garden wall.
Wall Extending Approximately 70 Metres Enclosing Garden to South of Dockyard House
- WRENN ID
- slow-corner-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1977
- Type
- Garden wall
- OS grid reference
- TQ 913 751
- Coordinates
- 51.44302, 0.75258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall, built around 1829-1833 by architect George Ledwell Taylor and engineer Sir John Rennie Snr, extends approximately 70 meters and encloses the former Commissioner's rear garden to the south of Dockyard House in Sheerness. It is constructed of yellow stock brick topped with ashlar coping and features a segmental-arched doorway on the side. This wall is related to the dockyard perimeter wall. Historically, unlike other Royal dockyards, Sheerness was completely rebuilt at once, forming part of the southeast corner of Rennie's model layout, which includes the entrance, chapel, and officers' accommodation, contributing to a uniquely planned early 19th-century dockyard.
Local climate
Wall Extending Approximately 70 Metres Enclosing Garden to South of Dockyard House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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