Raleigh's Wall (Wall Opposite No 5) is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1983. Wall.
Raleigh's Wall (Wall Opposite No 5)
- WRENN ID
- silver-clay-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1983
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Raleigh's Wall (Wall Opposite No 5), South Parade, Budleigh Salterton
- OS grid reference
- SY 066 818
- Coordinates
- 50.62906, -3.32131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Raleigh's Wall, located opposite No. 5 on South Parade in Budleigh Salterton, is a low stone rubble wall dating from around the 19th century. It features a slight curve and has dressed stone coping. This wall may be the one shown in the painting "The Boyhood of Raleigh" by Sir John Millais, who painted it while staying at No. 29 (The Octagon) on the opposite side of the road.
Local climate
Raleigh's Wall (Wall Opposite No 5) receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 1996
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