Wall Adjoining Buck Hill and Running Approximately 40 Metres to South West of Buck Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Wall.
Wall Adjoining Buck Hill and Running Approximately 40 Metres to South West of Buck Farm
- WRENN ID
- errant-garret-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- TL 759 210
- Coordinates
- 51.86013, 0.55435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a red brick wall located adjoining Buck Hill and running approximately 40 metres to the south-west of Buck Farm. It dates from the 17th century or earlier and has undergone later capping and restorations. The wall stands about 1.5 to 2.5 metres high and features a plinth. The capping includes top bands and a dogtooth cornice. A small gateway interrupts the wall, which is supported by 13 buttresses.
Local climate
Wall Adjoining Buck Hill and Running Approximately 40 Metres to South West of Buck Farm sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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