Wall at Rear of Abbey House is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Wall.
Wall at Rear of Abbey House
- WRENN ID
- turning-pier-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wall at Rear of Abbey House, Abbey Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 462 589
- Coordinates
- 52.20921, 0.1388
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall at the rear of Abbey House is a medieval stone structure approximately forty yards long, extending east-north-east from the house. It has been repaired in brick and is likely part of the precinct wall of Barnwell Priory.
Local climate
Wall at Rear of Abbey House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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