Former Garden Wall Piers and Steps to Officers Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Garden wall.
Former Garden Wall Piers and Steps to Officers Terrace
- WRENN ID
- moated-flagstone-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1999
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Former Garden Wall Piers and Steps to Officers Terrace, South Yard, City of Plymouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 449 544
- Coordinates
- 50.36962, -4.18137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former garden wall, piers, and steps to Officers Terrace were built in the 1690s. The structure features a brick wall with ashlar dressings, extending approximately 90 meters. Rusticated ashlar piers are located at the center of the former terrace, indicating the position of the demolished Commissioner's House. At the southeast end, there is a double flight of steps that marks the end of the terrace. This site was once part of the significant Officers' Terrace, an early example of terrace planning that showcased the palace front concept, with the former front garden walls reflecting this design.
Local climate
Former Garden Wall Piers and Steps to Officers Terrace sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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