Greestone Steps and Arch with Adjoining Close Wall to West is a Grade I listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. A {"Late C13",C14} Steps, archway, wall.

Greestone Steps and Arch with Adjoining Close Wall to West

WRENN ID
odd-minaret-russet
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Constituency
Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1953
Type
Steps, archway, wall
Period
{"Late C13",C14}
OS grid reference
SK 979 716
Coordinates
53.23267, -0.53426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Greestone steps and arch, along with the adjoining Close wall to the west, are significant features located on the south side of Greestone Place in Lincoln. These elements date from the late 13th century to the 14th century, with restorations and the renewal of the archway occurring in the mid to late 20th century. The structure is made of dressed stone, brick, and ashlar.

The irregular stepped pathway is approximately 80 meters long and includes a chamfered archway with a hoodmould, which has a restored 19th-century lamp mounted on a bracket on the north side. To the right of the archway, there is a late 20th-century brick retaining wall. On the left, a 14th-century wall features gabled coping. The section of the Close wall extends westward for about 200 meters and has slab coping and intermediate buttresses.

Local climate

Greestone Steps and Arch with Adjoining Close Wall to West 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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