Slip and Retaining Wall on South and East Side of Beach is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. A C18 Wall.
Slip and Retaining Wall on South and East Side of Beach
- WRENN ID
- waning-granite-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Slip and Retaining Wall on South and East Side of Beach, St. Minver Highlands
- OS grid reference
- SW 971 805
- Coordinates
- 50.58894, -4.86778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The slip and retaining wall on the south and east side of the beach at Port Quin dates from the 18th century. It is made of slate and stone rubble. The retaining wall on the south-east side of the beach is built on bedrock and features vertically coursed slate stone rubble. There is a stone rubble slip adjoining to the north-west, which was originally associated with the fish cellars located above on the south-east.
Local climate
Slip and Retaining Wall on South and East Side of Beach sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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