Retaining Wall of Meliden Railway Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 September 2001. Wall.

Retaining Wall of Meliden Railway Yard

WRENN ID
crooked-jamb-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 September 2001
Type
Wall
Address
Retaining Wall of Meliden Railway Yard, Prestatyn
OS grid reference
SJ 061 807
Coordinates
53.31497, -3.41088
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The retaining and boundary wall of Meliden Railway Yard is constructed from local axe-dressed limestone masonry that is informally coursed. It stands approximately 4 meters high on the road side, sloping inward at about 10 degrees from vertical. On the yard side, the freestanding section of the wall is about one and a half meters tall. The top of the wall features half-round sandstone coping. The wall extends north to the boundary with the adjacent property, but the lower section that continues in front of the adjacent property is not included in the listing.

Local climate

Retaining Wall of Meliden Railway Yard 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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