Balustrade, Steps, Retaining Wall and Grotto Approximately 3 Metres South of Chulmleigh Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1988. Balustrade and grotto.
Balustrade, Steps, Retaining Wall and Grotto Approximately 3 Metres South of Chulmleigh Rectory
- WRENN ID
- vacant-balcony-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1988
- Type
- Balustrade and grotto
- OS grid reference
- SS 688 141
- Coordinates
- 50.91146, -3.86644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The balustrade, steps, retaining wall, and grotto located approximately 3 metres south of Chulmleigh Rectory are likely from the early 19th century. They are constructed of stone rubble with ashlar dressings. The stone retaining wall features a balustraded stone parapet that projects forward at the center, creating a semi-circular arched deep grotto, with a flight of stone steps on each side. To the left of the left-hand flight, there is another semi-circular arched opening in the retaining wall that leads to a second grotto, which has a narrow lancet to the left. The front grotto is partly lined with large limestone fossils. The steps and parapet are adorned with short rounded stone balusters, moulded stone handrails, and low ashlar piers at regular intervals, which have square sections, panelled sides, and ball finials.
Local climate
Balustrade, Steps, Retaining Wall and Grotto Approximately 3 Metres South of Chulmleigh Rectory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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