Leez Priory Garden Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Garden wall.

Leez Priory Garden Wall

WRENN ID
quiet-granite-plum
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Garden wall
Address
Leez Priory Garden Wall, Leez Lane, Felsted
OS grid reference
TL 700 184
Coordinates
51.83918, 0.46664
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Leez Priory Garden Wall is a Grade I listed structure, likely built around 1537, that forms three sides of a garden, specifically the south, west, and north. The wall is constructed of red brick and features dentil moulding at the top. It generally stands between 8 to 10 feet high but reaches over 20 feet on the south face, where it incorporates remnants of a former building. This section has two extensions to the east, with the northernmost extending southeast and featuring pug holes for floor joists and a "knocked-out" opening to the west. Both the south and west faces of the wall have eight buttresses each. Notable features include a fine wrought iron entrance gate at the southeast extension and a smaller wrought iron garden gate on the west face. The wall encloses an orchard, kitchen garden, and fish pond, terminating at the southeast with the entrance gate and an adjoining outbuilding, and at the northeast with the Fisherman's Hut.

Local climate

Leez Priory Garden Wall 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 86% 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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