Waltham Abbey Walls, Including Chapter House Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1971. Historic wall structure.
Waltham Abbey Walls, Including Chapter House Wall
- WRENN ID
- dusk-barrel-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1971
- Type
- Historic wall structure
- OS grid reference
- TL 381 006
- Coordinates
- 51.68797, -0.00224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Waltham Abbey Walls, including the Chapter House Wall built in 1767, are remnants from the late 12th century or early 13th century, dating back to the rebuilding period after 1184 when the Priory was raised to Abbey status and before the church was rededicated in 1242. The walls are constructed of rubble, with some flintwork and red brickwork, some of which may be original. The north-west section later became part of Abbey House and features brick fireplaces from the time of Sir Edward Denny, who died in 1399. There is a blocked mullioned and transomed window, and two red brick piers in the center of the north wall have stone plinths and pyramidal caps. Abbey House was demolished in 1770. The walls are part of a group that includes the Church of the Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Abbey Gateway, Midnight Chapel, Harolds Bridge, and the Vicarage.
Local climate
Waltham Abbey Walls, Including Chapter House Wall 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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