Steps, Retaining Walls and Terrace Approximately 35 Metres North East of Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Steps, retaining walls.

Steps, Retaining Walls and Terrace Approximately 35 Metres North East of Manor House

WRENN ID
crumbling-forge-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Steps, retaining walls
OS grid reference
SP 573 683
Coordinates
52.31005, -1.15962
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The steps, retaining walls, and terrace located approximately 35 meters northeast of the Manor House in Ashby St. Ledgers were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens around 1909 to 1912. The structure features convex steps leading to a circular platform, from which there are descending flights that are both concave and convex, creating a second small round platform. Curved retaining walls flank either side of the steps. The walls are made of uncoursed limestone rubble topped with stone coping, while the steps themselves are constructed from limestone ashlar.

Local climate

Steps, Retaining Walls and Terrace Approximately 35 Metres North East of Manor House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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