Terrace Walls Approximately 19 Metres South and 24 Metres East of Stevenstone House is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Terrace wall.

Terrace Walls Approximately 19 Metres South and 24 Metres East of Stevenstone House

WRENN ID
hollow-pier-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1989
Type
Terrace wall
OS grid reference
SS 526 192
Coordinates
50.95404, -4.0987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The terrace walls, built around 1872-1873 by the Honourable Mark George Kerr Rolle, are located approximately 19 metres south and 24 metres east of Stevenstone House. Constructed from snecked local stone, the walls feature slightly-rusticated ashlar quoins, a sandstone ashlar balustrade, and coping. The walls are part of a terrace that overlooks the former deer park to the south-south-west.

The terrace drops into the deer park about 19 metres south, where it is supported by the wall featuring a stone balustrade. The design includes alternate bays that slightly project forward. To the west, the terrace curves into a quadrant around the former croquet lawn, leading to a gateway that connects to an internal flight of steps up to the deer park. This area also meets a ha ha, which is listed separately along with the garden walls.

At the eastern end, a flight of steps descends from the terrace to the deer park, and the wall continues northwards towards Stevenstone Court, which were the service buildings for the main house. The exterior of the revetment walls showcases a balustrade made of stone ashlar splat balusters, which are separated by broad piers that are recessed in the center. The gate piers leading to the deer park are square with flat caps and hold the original cast iron gates, featuring twisted rails with fleur-de-lys finials and alternate rails extending to mid-height.

Local climate

Terrace Walls Approximately 19 Metres South and 24 Metres East of Stevenstone House receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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