Length of Town Wall is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Town wall.
Length of Town Wall
- WRENN ID
- ancient-gutter-larch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Town wall
- Address
- Length of Town Wall, Littleport Terrace, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 623 202
- Coordinates
- 52.75561, 0.40461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The length of the town wall in King's Lynn is a historical structure likely first built under a murage grant in 1266, related to the East Gate. It was breached in 1277 and probably rebuilt with further murage grants in 1294 and 1300. The wall is constructed from carstone, ashlar, and brick, and has no roof. The design features randomly coursed ashlar and carstone blocks, with ashlar arrow slits on the east side and a series of depressed brick relieving arches on the west side, which were once open. This structure is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Length of Town Wall 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 84% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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