Steps Railings and Retaining Walls to Mayfield Cottage and Westfield Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. Steps, railings, retaining walls.
Steps Railings and Retaining Walls to Mayfield Cottage and Westfield Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grim-soffit-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1974
- Type
- Steps, railings, retaining walls
- Address
- Steps Railings and Retaining Walls to Mayfield Cottage and Westfield Cottage, Yeld Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 214 683
- Coordinates
- 53.21176, -1.68052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps, railings, and retaining walls to Mayfield Cottage and Westfield Cottage date from the late 18th century to early 19th century. They are constructed from limestone rubble with ashlar copings and steps, and feature wrought-iron railings. The steps lead up to the paired doorways of Mayfield Cottage and Westfield Cottage, with the flights separated by a simple handrail that has a scrolled end. The front garden retaining walls for each cottage are topped with spiked railings set between standards that have vase finials. These features contribute to the overall setting of Mayfield Cottage and Westfield Cottage.
Local climate
Steps Railings and Retaining Walls to Mayfield Cottage and Westfield Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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