Sea Wall at Cobb Hamlet is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 2001. Sea defence wall.
Sea Wall at Cobb Hamlet
- WRENN ID
- tattered-gutter-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 2001
- Type
- Sea defence wall
- Address
- Sea Wall at Cobb Hamlet, Lyme Regis
- OS grid reference
- SY 338 917
- Coordinates
- 50.72155, -2.93847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The sea wall at Cobb Hamlet is a sea defence wall built around the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from stone rubble and painted with tar. The wall has an L-shaped plan with a curved corner and features a slightly battered revetment that retains the higher ground on the landward side. On the seaward side, a shingle beach has built up, covering the lower levels of the wall. The maximum height of the wall is about 6 metres, although only approximately 2 metres is visible above the shingle. This information is based on Lieutenant Murdoch Mackenzie's 1787 plan of Lyme Cobb, which is held in a private collection.
Local climate
Sea Wall at Cobb Hamlet receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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