Churchyard Wall of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. Wall.

Churchyard Wall of St James

WRENN ID
final-foundation-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1971
Type
Wall
Address
Churchyard Wall of St James, East Hill
OS grid reference
TM 001 252
Coordinates
51.88989, 0.90733
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard wall of St James is a red brick structure that runs at right angles to and is attached to the Roman wall. It is topped by an iron fence.

Local climate

Churchyard Wall of St James 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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