William the Lion Commemorative Stone and Wall to Each Side is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1977. Commemorative stone.
William the Lion Commemorative Stone and Wall to Each Side
- WRENN ID
- calm-footing-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1977
- Type
- Commemorative stone
- Address
- William the Lion Commemorative Stone and Wall to Each Side, Ratten Row, Alnwick
- OS grid reference
- NU 180 136
- Coordinates
- 55.41677, -1.71694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William the Lion Commemorative Stone and the walls on each side are located on Ratten Row. The stone is a modern replacement that commemorates the capture of William the Lion of Scotland at this spot in 1174. The walls, made of snecked rubble, stand 4 to 5 feet high and extend approximately 50 yards to the west and about 200 yards to the east of the railings in front of the stone.
Local climate
William the Lion Commemorative Stone and Wall to Each Side receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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