Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 10 Metres to North West, North East and South East of Glenthorne is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Retaining wall.
Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 10 Metres to North West, North East and South East of Glenthorne
- WRENN ID
- dusk-corridor-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- SS 798 496
- Coordinates
- 51.23322, -3.72174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace retaining wall built around 1846 and restored in the late 20th century, located approximately 10 metres to the north-west, north-east, and south-east of Glenthorne. The wall is constructed of uncoursed stone rubble with ashlar dressings. It has an irregular U-shape plan that curves out at each end. The structure features diagonal buttresses with chamfered offsets and a balustrade with square dies, which are angled over the buttresses at the corners and topped with urn finials. There is a flight of 15 stone steps to the north-east, running parallel to the wall.
Local climate
Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 10 Metres to North West, North East and South East of Glenthorne sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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