Archway 30 Yards East of the Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. Archway.
Archway 30 Yards East of the Castle
- WRENN ID
- western-hammer-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1971
- Type
- Archway
- OS grid reference
- TL 999 253
- Coordinates
- 51.89056, 0.90375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The archway located 30 yards east of the Castle is a classical structure built by Charles Grey in 1747. It is the remains of a rotunda or garden temple and is constructed from a mix of stone, stone and flint rubble, some Roman tiles, and modern brick. The keystone of the archway, which is approximately 5 feet 5 inches above the ground, is a substantial piece of weathered masonry. The entire archway stands about 10 feet high and is topped with a rough pediment. The south-west face has undergone significant restoration and has a slight concave shape, while the north-east face serves as the front of the archway.
Local climate
Archway 30 Yards East of the Castle sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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