Flight of Steps, Railings and Overthrow Leading to Somerset Place is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Steps and railings.

Flight of Steps, Railings and Overthrow Leading to Somerset Place

WRENN ID
silent-pedestal-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 2010
Type
Steps and railings
Address
Flight of Steps, Railings and Overthrow Leading to Somerset Place, Sion Hill
OS grid reference
ST 743 660
Coordinates
51.39267, -2.37004
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A flight of steps, railings, and an overthrow leading to Somerset Place, dating from the late 18th century. The steps are made of tooled Pennant stone and consist of a wide flight that rises from the southwest in six stages, with approximately ten steps in each stage and landings in between. On the left side, there is a coped retaining wall, while on the right side, there is a coped plinth supporting square section railings that include a gate and part of an overthrow for a former lamp.

Local climate

Flight of Steps, Railings and Overthrow Leading to Somerset Place receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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