Garden Steps Approximately 60 Metres South East of the Drum Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Garden steps.
Garden Steps Approximately 60 Metres South East of the Drum Public House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-screen-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1994
- Type
- Garden steps
- OS grid reference
- SX 893 638
- Coordinates
- 50.46373, -3.55997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden steps, located approximately 60 metres south-east of The Drum Public House in Torquay, were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens around 1934. Constructed from red brick, these steps ascend from the garden to a terrace by the mill pond. They break through a revetment wall and the walls of a ruined section of the mill complex. Below the walls, there are 13 convex steps leading to a circular platform made of patterned brick, followed by 15 concave steps that continue up to the terrace. An additional flight of steps is located in the opposite corner, connecting the garden to another terrace where The Drum is situated. These steps are part of a particularly attractive group of listed buildings in the well-preserved village and adjacent Cockington Park.
Local climate
Garden Steps Approximately 60 Metres South East of the Drum Public House 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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