Doctors Wall at Rugby School is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. Wall.
Doctors Wall at Rugby School
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-crypt-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Doctors Wall at Rugby School, Lawrence Sheriff Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 503 749
- Coordinates
- 52.37007, -1.26226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Doctor's Wall at Rugby School is a low red brick wall with buttresses that separates the School flame garden from The Close. It features a granite tablet inscribed with a commemorative message about William Webb Ellis, who, in 1823, is credited with originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game by running with the ball. The wall is included for its historical interest. The Doctor's Wall, along with the New and Old Quad Buildings and School House, forms a group with the Chapel and War Memorial Chapel at Rugby School.
Local climate
Doctors Wall at Rugby School receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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