Front Wall of Garden of the Convent is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. Garden wall.
Front Wall of Garden of the Convent
- WRENN ID
- weathered-quartz-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Front Wall of Garden of the Convent, the Croft, Sudbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 870 416
- Coordinates
- 52.04146, 0.72545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front wall of the garden of The Convent, built in 1692, is located on the northwest side of The Croft. The wall is constructed of flint and brick, forming the greater length of the garden boundary.
Local climate
Front Wall of Garden of the Convent sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
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