South Retaining Walls, Piers and Central Steps to the Rose Garden is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Retaining walls and steps. 1 related planning application.

South Retaining Walls, Piers and Central Steps to the Rose Garden

WRENN ID
grim-groin-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1984
Type
Retaining walls and steps
Address
South Retaining Walls, Piers and Central Steps to the Rose Garden, Wraxall and Failand, BS48 1NU
OS grid reference
ST 505 716
Coordinates
51.4415, -2.71342
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South Retaining Walls, Piers, and Central Steps to the Rose Garden were likely built around 1865 by John Norton. They consist of coursed rubble retaining walls with octagonal piers placed at intervals, topped with a pierced quatrefoil parapet. The central area features octagonal piers and a flight of seven steps, which are flanked by side walls that end in lions on their haunches, each supporting a shield. This design was noted in Country Life on May 17, 1902.

Local climate

South Retaining Walls, Piers and Central Steps to the Rose Garden 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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