Close Wall Between Number 16a Minster Yard and the Deanery is a Grade I listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. A 1316-1321 Wall. 1 related planning application.

Close Wall Between Number 16a Minster Yard and the Deanery

WRENN ID
night-passage-rush
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Lincoln
Constituency
Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1969
Type
Wall
Address
Close Wall Between Number 16a Minster Yard and the Deanery, LN2 1PX
OS grid reference
SK 977 717
Coordinates
53.23381, -0.53645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The close wall between Number 16A Minster Yard and The Deanery is a historic structure dating from 1316 to 1321, with restorations from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is built of dressed stone and features an 18th-century brick plinth. The wall has renewed crenellated coping over an off-centre passageway, while the rest of the wall is topped with pantile coping. The south side of the wall is L-shaped and includes a round-headed opening leading to the passageway, along with a buttress that has three set-offs. The wall stands approximately 4 meters high and stretches about 150 meters long, with the southern section measuring around 50 meters and featuring stepped pantile coping. This structure is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Close Wall Between Number 16a Minster Yard and the Deanery 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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