Bell Cliff Retaining Wall and Railings and Steps Leading Up to Nos. 7 and 8 Broad Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Retaining wall, railings, steps.
Bell Cliff Retaining Wall and Railings and Steps Leading Up to Nos. 7 and 8 Broad Street
- WRENN ID
- half-sentry-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1974
- Type
- Retaining wall, railings, steps
- Address
- Bell Cliff Retaining Wall and Railings and Steps Leading Up to Nos. 7 and 8 Broad Street, Lyme Regis, DT7 3QD
- OS grid reference
- SY 342 920
- Coordinates
- 50.72443, -2.93341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bell Cliff Retaining Wall, along with its railings and the steps leading up to Nos. 7 and 8 Broad Street, dates from the late 18th century. This high wall is constructed of colourwashed stone rubble and features a capping that extends northeast and then west from the premises occupied by the Information Bureau on Marine Parade. The wall is topped with 19th-century railings that are looped in pairs. A lower wall extends further northeast from the corner, enclosing an L-shaped flight of steps that lead up to higher ground before Nos. 7 and 8 Broad Street. At the base of the steps, there are painted brick gate piers with capping. The steps are partly made of blue lias stone, and additional 19th-century railings flank the innermost angle of the steps. The Bell Cliff Retaining Wall and Railings, along with Nos. 4 to 10 (consecutive) and 10A Broad Street, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Bell Cliff Retaining Wall and Railings and Steps Leading Up to Nos. 7 and 8 Broad Street 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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