Garden Wall of Rax to Rax Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. A C19 Garden wall.
Garden Wall of Rax to Rax Lane
- WRENN ID
- cold-flint-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1975
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden Wall of Rax to Rax Lane, Bridport
- OS grid reference
- SY 466 930
- Coordinates
- 50.73422, -2.75697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall of Rax, located on the north side of Rax Lane, dates from the mid-19th century. It features a Greek Revival ashlar doorway adorned with incised line ornament on the pilasters and pediment. The door itself has a fret pattern moulding on the panels, along with anthemia moulding on the garden side. This wall is part of a group that includes The Grove, the garden wall to The Grove, No. 32 and its outhouses, the gatehouse of No. 32 and its wall, the outhouses to the south of Wykes Court Garden, as well as Nos 13, 15, 19, and 31 on the south side, Nos 17 and 19 Downes Street, Wykes Court, the Conservative Club and stables south of the Conservative Club, and North Street.
Local climate
Garden Wall of Rax to Rax Lane receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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