Steps and Walls Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Leodegarius is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Steps, walls.

Steps and Walls Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Leodegarius

WRENN ID
patient-hearth-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Steps, walls
OS grid reference
SP 573 681
Coordinates
52.30875, -1.1606
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The steps and walls located approximately 15 meters south of the Church of St. Leodegarius were designed in 1939 by Sir Edwin Lutyens as part of an unexecuted plan for a cloister. The steps are flanked by piers made of ironstone ashlar with limestone coping. There is a flight of four steps leading to a platform, followed by a second flight of six steps. The flanking walls are constructed from coursed ironstone rubble with ironstone coping. The original designs for the cloister included arcades of Tuscan columns topped with a pitched tile roof, which would have been raised on a retaining wall to create an approach from the Wimbourne altar tomb and cross to the south porch of the church.

Local climate

Steps and Walls Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Leodegarius 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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