Wall (Approximately 120 Metres Long) to Embanked Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary Magdelene is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. Wall.
Wall (Approximately 120 Metres Long) to Embanked Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary Magdelene
- WRENN ID
- eternal-glass-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SK 802 250
- Coordinates
- 52.81716, -0.81101
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wall approximately 120 metres long, located at the embanked churchyard of the Parish Church of St Mary Magdelene. It was built in the mid-19th century and restored in the 20th century, although it has older origins. The wall is made of coursed squared limestone and coursed limestone rubble. It features an archway with a segmental-arched head, situated about 12 metres north of the west entrance to the churchyard. Within the archway, there is a well-chamber that is approximately square and includes stone steps leading down to the water.
Local climate
Wall (Approximately 120 Metres Long) to Embanked Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary Magdelene sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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