Close Wall to South and West of Edward King House is a Grade I listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1991. Historical wall.
Close Wall to South and West of Edward King House
- WRENN ID
- seventh-eave-wagtail
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Lincoln
- Constituency
- Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1991
- Type
- Historical wall
- Address
- Close Wall to South and West of Edward King House, Minster Yard
- OS grid reference
- SK 977 716
- Coordinates
- 53.23291, -0.5372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The close wall to the south and west of Edward King House is a Grade I listed structure located in Lincoln. This corner section of the wall dates from the late 13th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed from dressed stone and features a stepped pantile coping. The wall is L-shaped, extending southwards from the diocesan offices and then eastwards towards the remains of the Bishop's Palace, measuring approximately 100 meters by 70 meters. The east-west section includes four buttresses and an angle buttress at the south-west corner. The wall is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No. 19.
Local climate
Close Wall to South and West of Edward King House 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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