Town Wall the Part Extending North West from West Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A Medieval Town wall.
Town Wall the Part Extending North West from West Gate
- WRENN ID
- night-tallow-hyssop
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Town wall
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SP 280 647
- Coordinates
- 52.28001, -1.59083
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The town wall, dating from the medieval period, extends northwest from West Gate. It is constructed of stone and runs below the Master's Terrace of the Leycester Hospital, reaching as far as the northwest corner of the hospital garden.
Local climate
Town Wall the Part Extending North West from West Gate receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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