Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Custom House Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Kelvin Court Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Nos 11-17 Overgang is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1993. Retaining wall.

Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Custom House Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Kelvin Court Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Nos 11-17 Overgang

WRENN ID
burning-chamber-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1993
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Custom House Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Kelvin Court Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Nos 11-17 Overgang, Overgang Road, Brixham
OS grid reference
SX 925 564
Coordinates
50.39796, -3.51283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall fronting the Custom House and Nos. 11-17 Overgang, as well as Kelvin Court, is likely from the early 19th century. It is constructed from roughly-coursed Devonian limestone rubble, with natural bedrock visible in some areas at the base. The wall features three buttresses and has a chamfered coping made of limestone and other stones, along with some red brick. Notably, the coping alongside the steps leading up from The Quay is not chamfered. Additionally, opposite No. 14 Overgang, the top of the wall has been replaced by an iron railing, which is supported at each end by square piers topped with pyramidal caps. This wall, along with the houses behind it, is a significant element of the town's appearance, particularly when viewed from across the harbour.

Local climate

Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Custom House Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Kelvin Court Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Nos 11-17 Overgang receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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