Retaining Wall Including Steps,Sundial and Doorway Approximately 40m West of Skaiteshill House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1988. A C19 Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall Including Steps,Sundial and Doorway Approximately 40m West of Skaiteshill House
- WRENN ID
- outer-wattle-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1988
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- SO 886 024
- Coordinates
- 51.72073, -2.16506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This retaining wall, built around 1805, is approximately 70 meters long and is located about 40 meters west of Skaiteshill House. Constructed from coursed rubble limestone, the wall runs east to west and features a central opening and a sundial. At the center, there are steps leading down from a higher level, with the sundial positioned on a small paved area. The stone steps pass through a narrow opening that is flanked by re-used stone columns topped with ball finials. The lower steps are round-fronted and spread out into a stone-paved area, with the baluster-shaped sundial as the centerpiece, which has an octagonal top. At the west end, the return wall includes a Gothick doorway with a heavy studded plank door, which serves as the termination of the main garden vista.
Local climate
Retaining Wall Including Steps,Sundial and Doorway Approximately 40m West of Skaiteshill House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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