Retaining Wall and Steps,60 Yards to South of Leyhill is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall and Steps,60 Yards to South of Leyhill
- WRENN ID
- winter-terrace-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1984
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- ST 693 924
- Coordinates
- 51.62992, -2.44475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a retaining wall and steps located 60 yards south of Leyhill, built around 1850 by S.S. Teulon, with the steps added in the 20th century. The retaining wall is made of coursed rubble and stands approximately 6 feet high, topped with ashlar saddleback coping. It features buttresses at intervals with squat uprights that once supported ball finials; now, the center and ends carry heraldic supporters. There is a central flight of 10 steps flanked by walls. The wall runs the entire length of the south terrace, which was previously a formal garden.
Local climate
Retaining Wall and Steps,60 Yards to South of Leyhill receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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