Wall and Railings to South Side of Abbey Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. Wall and railings.
Wall and Railings to South Side of Abbey Square
- WRENN ID
- dark-groin-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1998
- Type
- Wall and railings
- OS grid reference
- SJ 405 664
- Coordinates
- 53.19215, -2.89154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and railings on the south side of Abbey Square in Chester date from different periods, with the railings likely from the late 19th century and the wall being older but altered. The structure is made of red sandstone and iron. The plinth of the railings features a weathered design with two steps, while the railings themselves include dogbars and main rods adorned with fleur-de-lys and foliar heads. At the west end, the plinth curves to connect with a battered rock-faced retaining wall that has seven ashlar buttresses leading to the lower yard to the south.
Local climate
Wall and Railings to South Side of Abbey Square receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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