Serpentine Wall Enclosing Gardens at the Rear of Former Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Serpentine wall.
Serpentine Wall Enclosing Gardens at the Rear of Former Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- dusted-arch-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Serpentine wall
- Address
- Serpentine Wall Enclosing Gardens at the Rear of Former Congregational Chapel, Hall Street, Long Melford
- OS grid reference
- TL 861 453
- Coordinates
- 52.0756, 0.71561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The serpentine wall enclosing the gardens at the rear of the former Congregational Chapel in Long Melford is a red brick structure from the 18th or early 19th century. It stands approximately 4 feet 6 inches high and surrounds the gardens on the north, south, and west sides of the chapel. The wall is designed with a series of concave and convex curves, and it is locally referred to as a Crinkle-Crankle wall.
Local climate
Serpentine Wall Enclosing Gardens at the Rear of Former Congregational Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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