Lower Retaining Wall and Fountain at St Catherine's School is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Retaining wall, fountain.
Lower Retaining Wall and Fountain at St Catherine's School
- WRENN ID
- mired-cellar-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Retaining wall, fountain
- Address
- Lower Retaining Wall and Fountain at St Catherine's School, Portsmouth Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 993 488
- Coordinates
- 51.23047, -0.57857
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lower retaining wall and fountain at St Catherine's School were built around 1870. The structure is made of random Bargate rubblestone and blocks, featuring ashlar lintels. The wall is approximately 10 metres long, standing 1 metre high on the left and rising to 3 metres high on the right. There are steps leading up to the main buildings at both ends, and the wall returns up the hill at the right end. An ogee-headed fountain is set into the wall on the right, complete with a stone basin. Below this, there is a smaller fountain under a stepped arch, which is inscribed "For dogs." This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lower Retaining Wall and Fountain at St Catherine's School receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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