Wall and Railings to South of the Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Wall and railings.
Wall and Railings to South of the Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- rough-baluster-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1994
- Type
- Wall and railings
- Address
- Wall and Railings to South of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Montpellier Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 918 636
- Coordinates
- 50.46259, -3.52491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and railings to the south of the Church of St John the Evangelist are a retaining wall and railings, likely built in the 1820s, with the railings designed by George Edmund Street between 1861 and 1873, making them contemporary with the church. The wall is made of local grey limestone rubble and features cast-iron railings. It is an impressively tall retaining wall that supports a terrace, with a flight of steps leading up from Cary Lodge. The inner side of the wall has a string course. In front of the church, the wall is topped with limestone coping and features exceptionally bold High Victorian railings. These railings have cinquefoil-headed arches between scrolled verticals topped with orb finials. The arches are decorated with scrolls, flower shapes, and twists alongside tapering verticals, showcasing a fine example of high-quality High Victorian ironwork.
Local climate
Wall and Railings to South of the Church of St John the Evangelist 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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