Wall at North East End of Empson Close is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1951. Wall.
Wall at North East End of Empson Close
- WRENN ID
- stranded-jamb-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1951
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wall at North East End of Empson Close, Common Hill, Saffron Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 539 385
- Coordinates
- 52.02441, 0.24244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall at the north-east end of Empson Close in Saffron Walden is a Grade II listed structure dating from around 1600. It is constructed of red brick in a random bond and runs approximately 25 meters from east to west. The wall features a triangular coping with a supporting ovolo moulding. The western end of the wall is about 2.25 meters high and ramps up to approximately 3.25 meters at the eastern end. The western section was rebuilt around 1900, and there have been 20th-century repairs to the central ramp, as well as a 20th-century secondary brick pier that adjoins a 19th-century stone pier at the eastern end. This wall is part of the former garden walls associated with The Priory.
Local climate
Wall at North East End of Empson Close sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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