The Cobb Piers and Walls Including North Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. A Medieval origin (with later 18th–19th century rebuilding and additions) Sea-wall. 1 related planning application.
The Cobb Piers and Walls Including North Wall
- WRENN ID
- strange-portal-marsh
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- Sea-wall
- Address
- The Cobb Piers and Walls Including North Wall, Lyme Regis
- OS grid reference
- SY 338 915
- Coordinates
- 50.71941, -2.93852
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cobb Piers and Walls, including the North Wall, are a Grade I listed stone sea-wall with origins dating back to the medieval period. The Cobb is depicted in a 16th-century sketch. By the end of the 18th century, the wall was dry-built, and a small section of this type of walling can still be seen in the east face of the Victoria Pier. A complete rebuilding of the structure occurred between 1783 and 1829, particularly following the severe gales of 1824 that caused significant damage to the walls. The Victoria Pier was added between 1842 and 1852, and the North Wall was constructed in 1849, as noted in the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Dorset, Volume I.
Local climate
The Cobb Piers and Walls Including North 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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- No sale records on file
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