Retaining Wall and Steps to Terrace with Orangery at East End, at Rear of Batheaston House is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1983. Garden building.
Retaining Wall and Steps to Terrace with Orangery at East End, at Rear of Batheaston House
- WRENN ID
- carved-chamber-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1983
- Type
- Garden building
- Address
- Retaining Wall and Steps to Terrace with Orangery at East End, at Rear of Batheaston House, 290, High Street, BA1 7RA
- OS grid reference
- ST 778 674
- Coordinates
- 51.40566, -2.31959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall and steps to the terrace with an orangery at the east end, located at the rear of Batheaston House, date from the mid-18th century. The orangery, which now serves as a garden building, is constructed of ashlar and is a single storey. It features four Tuscan half-columns, with glazing bar sashes and a glazed door positioned between them. The structure has a plain entablature and cornice. The orangery is situated at the east end of the terrace, directly in front of the garden elevation of Batheaston House. The retaining wall, made of coursed, squared rubble, supports the paved terrace and includes a cornice and ball finials. There are eight ashlar steps leading up to the terrace.
Local climate
Retaining Wall and Steps to Terrace with Orangery at East End, at Rear of Batheaston House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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