Town Wall with Durham Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. A C13 Town wall, tower.

Town Wall with Durham Tower

WRENN ID
waiting-lintel-jackdaw
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Town wall, tower
Address
Town Wall with Durham Tower, Bath Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 243 641
Coordinates
54.97117, -1.62067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Town Wall with Durham Tower, located on Bath Lane in Newcastle upon Tyne, dates from the late 13th century. It is constructed from large sandstone blocks and features a high wall that includes a walkway and a steeply-coped parapet, with corbelled turrets. The Durham Tower has a semi-circular external wall facing Bath Lane, which includes a thin stone lintel above the entrance on the north side. There are two slits on the west and south sides, and large corbels, some of which are damaged, at the top of the tower. The interior of the tower displays a ribbed barrel vault. This structure is also recognized as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Town Wall with Durham Tower receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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