Retaining Wall, Gate and Steps to Alford House Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1995. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall, Gate and Steps to Alford House Hotel
- WRENN ID
- pale-alcove-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1995
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall, Gate and Steps to Alford House Hotel, Alford Terrace, Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon
- OS grid reference
- SS 719 492
- Coordinates
- 51.22812, -3.8352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall, gate, and steps to Alford House Hotel were built around 1845. The structure features a rubble wall that rises to approximately 3.5 meters in height on the left side, with a horizontal top, while the access path slopes up to the right. This wall retains the terrace garden of Alford House Hotel. At the left end, there is a 4-panel part-glazed door set in deep reveals, topped by a 3-pane transom light, which is accessed by three steps. This door leads to a passageway that is blocked at the time of survey, providing access to the basement of the property. On the right side, there is a rough arched opening with a wrought-iron gate featuring thin bars and dog-bars, designed with fleur-de-lys or flattened spearheads. This gate opens to a landing with one step, alongside a retaining wall to the right. A flight of ten slate steps rises to the left, behind the retaining wall, leading to another retaining wall on the right. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Retaining Wall, Gate and Steps to Alford House Hotel 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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