City Wall, Stretching Approx 27m E of Rack Alley is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1971. City wall.
City Wall, Stretching Approx 27m E of Rack Alley
- WRENN ID
- upper-lintel-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1971
- Type
- City wall
- OS grid reference
- SO 847 550
- Coordinates
- 52.1934, -2.22517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The city wall, dating from the 14th century, is located approximately 27 meters east of Rack Alley in Worcester. It is constructed from dressed red sandstone but has been almost entirely refaced with brick from the 18th and 19th centuries, with some chamfered plinth stones still visible. The wall is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
City Wall, Stretching Approx 27m E of Rack Alley receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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