Terrace Walls and Steps Immediately South-East of Brownsea Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Terrace walls, steps.

Terrace Walls and Steps Immediately South-East of Brownsea Castle

WRENN ID
stony-arch-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
Terrace walls, steps
Address
Terrace Walls and Steps Immediately South-East of Brownsea Castle, Studland
OS grid reference
SZ 030 876
Coordinates
50.6882, -1.95805
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The terrace walls and steps located immediately south-east of Brownsea Castle are grade II listed structures. They form part of a raised terrace that includes the gun platform of a 16th-century blockhouse. The walls were altered around 1852. The upper terrace wall is constructed of rough ashlar stone, while the stone steps leading down to the lower terrace feature a solid balustrade and square piers with moulded caps. The lower terrace wall is made of brick, with additional stone steps that lead down to beach level. This site is a property of the National Trust and is recorded as RCHM Monument 3 in Dorset Volume II.

Local climate

Terrace Walls and Steps Immediately South-East of Brownsea Castle receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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