Retaining Wall Extending Approximately 90 Metres South West of Clifton College Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall Extending Approximately 90 Metres South West of Clifton College Chapel
- WRENN ID
- pitched-spindle-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 December 1994
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- ST 570 738
- Coordinates
- 51.46196, -2.62
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This retaining wall, located approximately 90 metres southwest of Clifton College Chapel in Bristol, is constructed from limestone ashlar and squared, coursed rubble. The wall features a rubble retaining structure topped with a balustrade that has moulded coping. It includes square piers adorned with sunken panels and cusped heads. There are also curved steps situated beneath the South African War Memorial.
Local climate
Retaining Wall Extending Approximately 90 Metres South West of Clifton College Chapel receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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