City Walls Attached to Tower Place is a Grade I listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1983. A Medieval City wall, defensive wall.

City Walls Attached to Tower Place

WRENN ID
still-frieze-rush
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1983
Type
City wall, defensive wall
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SE 604 514
Coordinates
53.9553, -1.08101
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The City Walls attached to Tower Place in York is a Grade I listed defensive wall, likely built in the late 13th century. It is made of magnesian limestone ashlar and extends approximately 60 metres northeast, forming the southern boundary of Tower Place. The wall stands about 2 to 3 metres high and features an embattled parapet. There is a cruciform arrow slit facing No.9 Tower Place, also known as Davy Tower, and a weathered buttress next to No.2 Tower Place. On the inner side of the wall, a narrow section of the original wallwalk remains behind the parapet. Originally, the wall connected Davy Tower on the riverbank to Castlegate Postern, which was demolished in 1826.

Local climate

City Walls Attached to Tower Place receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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