Walls to West of Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1971. Wall.

Walls to West of Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1971
Type
Wall
Address
Walls to West of Old Rectory, Sumpter Yard
OS grid reference
TL 145 070
Coordinates
51.75003, -0.34192
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls to the west of the Old Rectory are 18th century red brick garden walls.

Local climate

Walls to West of Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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