Retaining Walls and Garden Walls, Enclosing West Terrace and Bowling Green Terrace, Including Central Flight of Steps to North West of St Cathrine's Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. Retaining walls, garden walls, steps.

Retaining Walls and Garden Walls, Enclosing West Terrace and Bowling Green Terrace, Including Central Flight of Steps to North West of St Cathrine's Court

WRENN ID
scarred-shingle-flax
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
Retaining walls, garden walls, steps
Address
Retaining Walls and Garden Walls, Enclosing West Terrace and Bowling Green Terrace, Including Central Flight of Steps to North West of St Cathrine's Court, St. Catherine
OS grid reference
ST 777 701
Coordinates
51.43027, -2.32151
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining walls and garden walls enclosing the West Terrace and Bowling Green Terrace, along with the central flight of steps, are likely from the late 17th century. The retaining wall is made of coursed squared rubble and ashlar, standing approximately 12 feet high. It features a balustraded parapet with 19 bays, which are divided by enriched panelled pedestals topped with alternating ball and urn finials, supported by enriched brackets. The central bay includes a flight of 19 steps, also with balustraded parapets and panelled piers, while the piers at the top of the steps are rusticated. At the north end, the wall measures about 8 to 10 feet high and extends eastward for approximately 25 yards. The south end consists of a coursed rubble retaining wall that is about 25 yards long and varies in height from 4 to 20 feet. The north and south ends of the Bowling Green Terrace, which is the upper terrace, continue the main parapet but lack balustrades, featuring central panelled piers and a moulded cornice. The west wall of the Bowling Green Terrace is constructed of coursed squared rubble.

Local climate

Retaining Walls and Garden Walls, Enclosing West Terrace and Bowling Green Terrace, Including Central Flight of Steps to North West of St Cathrine's Court 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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