Nos 4 to 6 Including Front Retaining Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.

Nos 4 to 6 Including Front Retaining Wall

WRENN ID
upper-panel-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Nos 4 to 6 Including Front Retaining Wall, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JE
OS grid reference
SY 341 920
Coordinates
50.72408, -2.93473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are a group of three cottages, dating to around 1840, situated on Marine Parade. Originally shown in photographs as three separate cottages, the building features an original central section of two storeys and five window bays, with a more modern storey added above. The front of the building is clad in slate. The first floor has five two-light windows with carved spandrels. On the raised entrance floor, there are four sash windows with intact glazing bars, and a doorway in the third bay from the right. A later 19th-century trellised iron porch extends to form a verandah on either side. Projecting three-storey wings, also dating from the later 19th century, are located on either end, featuring slate hipped roofs. The first floor of these wings incorporates splayed oriels which are slate-hung, with a plate glass window on the intermediate floor. Ground floor access is provided via segmental-headed archways leading to flights of steps up to Marine Parade. A retaining wall rises from ground level, connecting the entrances to the two side wings. This wall is slate-hung. The building is part of a larger group that includes numbers 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 11, 12, and a sundial.

Local climate

Nos 4 to 6 Including Front Retaining Wall 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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