Terrace Walls and Steps to the Garden South of St Michaels is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1977. Terrace walls and steps.
Terrace Walls and Steps to the Garden South of St Michaels
- WRENN ID
- brooding-fireplace-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1977
- Type
- Terrace walls and steps
- Address
- Terrace Walls and Steps to the Garden South of St Michaels, Speldhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 520 377
- Coordinates
- 51.11852, 0.17154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace walls and steps to the garden south of St Michaels are likely from the early 20th century, created during a time when the garden was designed by the owner's brother, Johnstone Lee, a newspaper magnate. The walls are made of rusticated stone.
The coped wall located immediately south of the house features a series of deep low buttresses on its south side. Steps descend to the second terrace, with flanking ramped walls that are topped with ball finials. The walls of the second terrace are adorned with urns.
These structures are included for their group value with St Michaels.
Local climate
Terrace Walls and Steps to the Garden South of St Michaels receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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