Section of Roman Wall to Rear of No 5 is a Grade I listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. A {} Archaeological site.
Section of Roman Wall to Rear of No 5
- WRENN ID
- half-trefoil-meadow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Archaeological site
- Period
- {}
- Address
- Section of Roman Wall to Rear of No 5, Bridge Street, Horncastle
- OS grid reference
- TF 257 696
- Coordinates
- 53.20869, -0.11785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a section of the Roman wall located at the rear of No. 5 Bridge Street in Horncastle. It dates from the late 3rd century to the mid-4th century and is constructed from Spilsby sandstone rubble. The rubble core of the wall is visible up to 1 metre high for a length of 4.20 metres. The wall continues beneath the north wall of the garage of the Manor House on Manor House Lane, where it can be partially seen in the north-east corner. This structure is recognized as an Ancient Monument, numbered 44, and is documented in the work by Field and Hurst, pages 48-50.
Local climate
Section of Roman Wall to Rear of No 5 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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