Terrace retaining wall parallel to west front of St Beuno's is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 April 2002. Retaining wall.

Terrace retaining wall parallel to west front of St Beuno's

WRENN ID
hidden-merlon-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 April 2002
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Terrace retaining wall parallel to west front of St Beuno's, St Beuno's College, Tremeirchion, LL17 0AS
OS grid reference
SJ 079 742
Coordinates
53.25706, -3.38097
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a tall retaining wall made of local axe-dressed limestone masonry, located parallel to the west front of St Beuno's. The wall features buttresses and a coping, and its face is battered. At the north end, the wall returns at an obtuse angle before it slopes down into the ground.

Local climate

Terrace retaining wall parallel to west front of St Beuno's 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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