Churchyard Wall Church of St Mary and St Botolph (Thorney Abbey) is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1987. Boundary wall.

Churchyard Wall Church of St Mary and St Botolph (Thorney Abbey)

WRENN ID
secret-casement-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1987
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Churchyard Wall Church of St Mary and St Botolph (Thorney Abbey), Abbey Place, City of Peterborough, PE6 0QA
OS grid reference
TF 282 042
Coordinates
52.62076, -0.10764
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard boundary wall of the Church of St Mary and St Botolph (Thorney Abbey) dates from around 1860 and is constructed of local gault brick, forming a large irregular enclosure. The wall on the south side is plain, while the sections facing Church Street, Abbey Place, the rear of Cheriton House, and partly Thorney Park feature a plinth with a weathered brick offset cap and weathered brick coping. Additionally, there is a horizontal band of cross-shaped recesses in the upper part of the wall. At the corner of Church Street and Abbey, the wall has a splayed junction where a large 18th-century tombstone is affixed. This tombstone has two inscription panels framed in moulded arches, with carvings above that include cherub heads. Above the tombstone, there is another panel of carved stone set in a merlon. The churchyard wall is listed for its group value with the Church of St Mary and St Botolph (Thorney Abbey).

Local climate

Churchyard Wall Church of St Mary and St Botolph (Thorney Abbey) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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