Garden wall to east of Tower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Garden wall.
Garden wall to east of Tower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muted-portal-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden wall to east of Tower Farmhouse, Tower Road, Downham
- OS grid reference
- TL 519 842
- Coordinates
- 52.43487, 0.23397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall located to the east of Tower Farmhouse dates back to the 15th century and is constructed of red brick. This wall is attached to the original Gatehouse and was previously part of the courtyard wall of the Bishop's Palace. It features a brick plinth and coping.
Local climate
Garden wall to east of Tower Farmhouse 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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