Garden Walls to West and South West of Kingston House is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Garden boundary wall.
Garden Walls to West and South West of Kingston House
- WRENN ID
- low-iron-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Garden boundary wall
- Address
- Garden Walls to West and South West of Kingston House, Staverton
- OS grid reference
- SX 794 654
- Coordinates
- 50.47638, -3.70057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls to the west and south-west of Kingston House date from the 18th century. They are constructed of stone rubble and are lined with brick on the inside. The walls partly feature a slate pitched coping and have segmentally arcaded panels on the inside, along with a wide segmentally arched doorway on the north side. These walls form the boundary to the north and west sides of a rectangular garden, while a lower stone rubble wall is located on the south side, with Kingston House situated to the east of this garden.
Local climate
Garden Walls to West and South West of Kingston 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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