Tower and Sections of Close Wall Bordering Grounds of Number 5 Pottergate is a Grade I listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. Tower, close wall.

Tower and Sections of Close Wall Bordering Grounds of Number 5 Pottergate

WRENN ID
noble-doorway-tide
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Constituency
Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1953
Type
Tower, close wall
Address
Tower and Sections of Close Wall Bordering Grounds of Number 5 Pottergate, Winnowsty Lane
OS grid reference
SK 980 718
Coordinates
53.23448, -0.53209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tower and sections of the Close wall bordering the grounds of Number 5 Pottergate date from 1285 to 1327. They are constructed of coursed squared stone and ashlar, featuring a gabled tile coping on the western section. The multangular tower stands approximately 5.5 meters high and is topped with a crenellated parapet, which includes a crosslet on each side. To the southeast, there is a wall about 15 meters long, also with a crenellated parapet and one crosslet. To the west, a wall approximately 25 meters long features a boarded door under a stone lintel. Timber samples taken from the tower suggest that the trees were felled between 1249 and 1284. This structure is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No. 114.

Local climate

Tower and Sections of Close Wall Bordering Grounds of Number 5 Pottergate receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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