Retaining Wall to Churchyard to South of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall to Churchyard to South of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- weathered-dormer-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall to Churchyard to South of Church of St Andrew, Church Ope Road, Portland
- OS grid reference
- SY 696 710
- Coordinates
- 50.53867, -2.42901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall to the churchyard is located to the south of the Church of St Andrew. It is partly medieval and has been occasionally repaired. The wall is constructed of rubble and squared coursed stone. It lies south of the ruins of St Andrew, supporting both the church and the graveyard on a platform that is 15 to 20 meters wide on its southern side, extending approximately 45 meters, although it is heavily overgrown as of May 1991. The wall steps down the cliff-side.
Local climate
Retaining Wall to Churchyard to South of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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