Precinct Walls to North West of Abbey Church and Attached Gates is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1972. Walls.
Precinct Walls to North West of Abbey Church and Attached Gates
- WRENN ID
- shifting-grate-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1972
- Type
- Walls
- Address
- Precinct Walls to North West of Abbey Church and Attached Gates, Becketswell Road, Wymondham
- OS grid reference
- TG 106 015
- Coordinates
- 52.57092, 1.10749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The precinct walls to the northwest of the Abbey Church date back to the 16th century but are primarily from the late 18th century, with some repairs from the 19th century. They are constructed of brick and flint arranged in courses, topped with coping bricks. Inside, there are brick strip buttresses, which are mirrored on the outside as flush flint piers. This section of the wall extends west from the Sunday School and then turns south along Becketswell Road to the main gates, which are located opposite the church's north porch. The gates, made of wrought iron, were created by Boulton & Paul of Norwich in the 19th century.
Local climate
Precinct Walls to North West of Abbey Church and Attached Gates 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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