Perimeter Wall to Central Oval Raised Lawn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. Wall.

Perimeter Wall to Central Oval Raised Lawn

WRENN ID
woven-corridor-woodpecker
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
Address
Perimeter Wall to Central Oval Raised Lawn, Abbey Square, CH1 2HU
OS grid reference
SJ 405 665
Coordinates
53.19237, -2.89185
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The perimeter wall surrounding the central oval raised lawn dates from around 1760 and has been repaired. It is constructed of ashlar red sandstone and features one tall course with a flush coping. The wall is elliptical in shape.

Local climate

Perimeter Wall to Central Oval Raised Lawn 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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