Retaining Wall About 10 Metres West of Stables at Norton Court is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall About 10 Metres West of Stables at Norton Court
- WRENN ID
- lesser-cinder-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- ST 188 271
- Coordinates
- 51.038, -3.15938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This retaining wall, built around 1810, is located approximately 10 metres west of the stables at Norton Manor. Constructed from yellow bricks in English bond, it features shaped coping and a dogtooth cornice. The wall steps down in stages from the centre and flares out at the base. It has a serpentine shape that follows the contours of the woodlands, decreasing in height from the centre. This wall serves as a notable landscape feature in the area.
Local climate
Retaining Wall About 10 Metres West of Stables at Norton Court receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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