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. Defensive structure.
Length of Town Wall
- WRENN ID
- floating-baluster-twilight
- 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
- Defensive structure
- Address
- Length of Town Wall, Kettlewell Lane, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 623 204
- Coordinates
- 52.75739, 0.40389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The length of the town wall in King's Lynn is likely linked to murage grants from 1266. It is constructed from limestone, brick, and carstone. The west side features a series of brick stilted arches, which were restored in the 20th century, leading into small chambers. Behind these brick arches are original openings with chamfered carstone 4-centred arches, although the northern arch is completely blocked. The east side has five ashlar-faced buttresses with set-offs, along with the remains of an additional buttress at the north end. A 4-centred arch at this location leads into the previously mentioned blocked chamber. There is one brick doorway situated between the fourth and fifth buttresses from the south, and blocked arrow slits can be found at intervals along the wall. This structure is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, known as King's Lynn No. 174A.
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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