Writtle Bowling Club Boundary Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. Walled garden.
Writtle Bowling Club Boundary Walls
- WRENN ID
- keen-render-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Walled garden
- Address
- Writtle Bowling Club Boundary Walls, Romans Place
- OS grid reference
- TL 678 061
- Coordinates
- 51.72899, 0.42902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Writtle Bowling Club boundary walls are a walled garden dated 1656, located at the corner of Roman's Place and the Churchyard, although parts may date back to the 16th century and were altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. The walls are constructed of red brick, primarily in random bond, with some sections in English bond at the lower parts and Flemish bond at the upper parts. The structure forms a square approximately 50 yards long on each side.
The north side facing Roman's Place stands about 3 meters high and features a dogtooth cornice, nine brick buttresses, and an opening with a concrete lintel and wooden door. The five bays closest to the Churchyard are made of 16th to 17th-century brickwork, while the remainder is late 18th-century in Flemish bond. The west side adjacent to the Churchyard slopes from 3 meters down to approximately 1.8 meters and has a coping made of large tiles. The east side facing Lodge Road varies in height from 1.8 meters to 3 meters, has a ramped top that was partially restored in the 20th century, and includes ten brick buttresses. The lower courses of this side appear to be from the 16th century, while the upper sections are late 18th-century, featuring a mix of English and Flemish bond. The south side is approximately 1.8 meters to 2.4 meters high, made of 17th and 18th-century brickwork with plain coping. This area was formerly a walled garden for the Vicarage. Notably, two Roman urns were discovered on this site in 1840.
Local climate
Writtle Bowling Club Boundary Walls 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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