Wall Retaining the Terrace Immediately to the Front of Numbers 13-27, The Smyth Almhouses is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1973. Retaining wall.
Wall Retaining the Terrace Immediately to the Front of Numbers 13-27, The Smyth Almhouses
- WRENN ID
- second-screen-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1973
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Wall Retaining the Terrace Immediately to the Front of Numbers 13-27, The Smyth Almhouses, Long Ashton Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 541 703
- Coordinates
- 51.43021, -2.66032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall retaining the terrace in front of numbers 13-27, the Smyth Almshouses, was built between 1900 and 1902 by Edward Gabriel of Bristol. This coursed rubble wall is approximately 4 feet high and features ashlar coping with an ovolo moulding. There are square piers at intervals along the wall, each topped with a moulded cornice and a ball finial. At the western end, the wall bows out to create a semi-circular forecourt.
Local climate
Wall Retaining the Terrace Immediately to the Front of Numbers 13-27, The Smyth Almhouses receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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