Wall, North of Manor Farmhouse, Parallel with and to the East of Driveway is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1993. Wall.
Wall, North of Manor Farmhouse, Parallel with and to the East of Driveway
- WRENN ID
- waiting-pillar-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1993
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SK 437 182
- Coordinates
- 52.75967, -1.35372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall, located north of Manor Farmhouse and parallel with the driveway, is possibly medieval in origin. It is constructed from large granite rubble blocks using a drystone method. The wall starts about 10 metres north of Manor Farmhouse and extends approximately 110 metres to the north, standing between 2 and 3 metres high and about 1 metre thick. The ruins of Grace Dieu Priory are situated around 200 metres to the north-west, although the connection between the wall and the priory is not clear.
Local climate
Wall, North of Manor Farmhouse, Parallel with and to the East of Driveway 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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