Walls Retaining the Terrace to the South and West of Ashwicke Hall, and Piers and Steps is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Retaining wall.
Walls Retaining the Terrace to the South and West of Ashwicke Hall, and Piers and Steps
- WRENN ID
- south-cobble-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- ST 791 717
- Coordinates
- 51.44395, -2.30121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls, steps, and terrace located to the south and west of Ashwicke Hall were constructed between 1857 and 1860 by J.K. Colling. Made of ashlar, the retaining wall features a saddleback design on a plinth with a roll-moulded ridge and stands approximately 5 feet high. There are circular bastions at the south-east and south-west corners. In the center of the south range, there is a flight of 12 steps flanked by two squat ashlar piers that have a band of fleurons as a cornice and crested caps. A similar flight of steps is found on the west side, along with similar piers at the south-east corner of the house where the wall returns as a quadrant.
Local climate
Walls Retaining the Terrace to the South and West of Ashwicke Hall, and Piers and Steps receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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