Remains of Town Wall Remains of Town Wall to South East Side of South Crescent is a Grade II listed building in the Hartlepool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1985. Town fortifications. 4 related planning applications.
Remains of Town Wall Remains of Town Wall to South East Side of South Crescent
- WRENN ID
- stark-loft-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hartlepool
- Constituency
- Hartlepool MP: Mr Jonathan Brash (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1985
- Type
- Town fortifications
- Address
- Remains of Town Wall Remains of Town Wall to South East Side of South Crescent, Headland
- OS grid reference
- NZ 530 335
- Coordinates
- 54.69461, -1.17789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Remains of a town wall, which formerly served as a sea defence, stand on the south-east side of South Crescent, Headland, Hartlepool. Dating to the early 14th century, the wall is constructed from roughly dressed and coursed limestone, interspersed with random rubble limestone. Repair work, using brick, occurred intermittently during the 18th and 19th centuries. The surviving section is approximately 6 metres high and 100 metres long.
Local climate
Remains of Town Wall Remains of Town Wall to South East Side of South Crescent receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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