Retaining wall, screen railings, piers and gates to front garden of 68, The Close is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. Retaining wall and garden fencing. 1 related planning application.

Retaining wall, screen railings, piers and gates to front garden of 68, The Close

WRENN ID
solitary-cupola-spring
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1972
Type
Retaining wall and garden fencing
Address
Retaining wall, screen railings, piers and gates to front garden of 68, The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EN
OS grid reference
SU 141 294
Coordinates
51.06382, -1.79956
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall, screen railings, piers, and gates to the front garden of No 68, The Close, date from around 1720. The wrought iron screen along the west walk features corner piers made of alternating bands of red brick and stone, topped with moulded caps. The central gate piers are similarly designed and crowned with stone balls. There is a low brick retaining wall with stone coping between the piers, and the wrought iron screen consists of plain bars and a top rail, with scroll panel standards that include cresting and urns at intervals on the projecting piers of the retaining wall. The central gates have matching side panels and a scroll overthrow. All the listed buildings in The Close create an exceptional group.

Local climate

Retaining wall, screen railings, piers and gates to front garden of 68, The Close receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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