Retaining Wall to East Side of Ramp Leading to Officers Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. Retaining wall.

Retaining Wall to East Side of Ramp Leading to Officers Terrace

WRENN ID
distant-portal-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1999
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Wall to East Side of Ramp Leading to Officers Terrace, South Yard, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 449 544
Coordinates
50.36903, -4.18121
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall to the east side of the ramp leading to the Officers' Terrace is a structure from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is built of limestone rubble and features granite steps and coping. The raking retaining wall extends approximately 120 meters from the west of the Officers' Terrace to the bottom of the ramp. It includes a double flight of steps with iron railings and urn finials, which were formerly aligned with the now-demolished Commissioner's House. Additionally, there is a single flight of steps at the lower end of the former Terrace, which returns to the northeast for about 100 meters.

Local climate

Retaining Wall to East Side of Ramp Leading 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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