Arcaded Retaining Wall between Tor Hill Road and St Efride's Road is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 2014. Retaining wall.
Arcaded Retaining Wall between Tor Hill Road and St Efride's Road
- WRENN ID
- brooding-nave-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 2014
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- SX 909 643
- Coordinates
- 50.46895, -3.53738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Arcaded Retaining Wall between Tor Hill Road and St Efride's Road is a mid-19th century retaining wall featuring a double-height vaulted arcade made up of semi-circular arches, integrated into the cliff face.
Constructed from limestone with brick and stone dressings, the wall has a plan where the arcades face south-west, forming a straight section behind No. 11 and No. 9 St Efride’s Road. The blind retaining wall extends to the north-east before curving to the south-east, creating another straight section of wall that again faces south-west, positioned behind No. 7 and No. 5 St Efride’s Road. Access to the upper arcade is provided by steps from the terrace above.
The exterior of the arcade features two tiers of nine semi-circular vaulted arches that rise from ground level at the base of the cliff. Each tier has a stone balustrade at its base. The upper tier of arches is adorned with vermiculated keystones beneath a corbelled-out cornice. At the top of the cliff, there is a stone balustrade that includes square piers with pyramidal caps and vase-shaped balusters. This balustrade continues to the north-east and south-west above a plain limestone retaining wall topped with a corbelled cornice.
The interior has not been inspected as of 2014, but it is believed that there is a room at the right-hand end of the covered walkway of the upper arcade.
Local climate
Arcaded Retaining Wall between Tor Hill Road and St Efride's Road receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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