Serpentine Wall on the South Side of Westgate Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. Wall.
Serpentine Wall on the South Side of Westgate Street
- WRENN ID
- scattered-wicket-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Serpentine Wall on the South Side of Westgate Street, Long Melford
- OS grid reference
- TL 864 465
- Coordinates
- 52.08588, 0.71995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The serpentine wall on the south side of Westgate Street in Long Melford is an 18th-century red brick structure that stands approximately 7 feet high. It extends westward from the rear of Top Shop house, The Green West, for about 88 yards to No 1 Westgate Street. The wall features a series of concave and convex curves and is locally referred to as a crinkle-crankle wall.
Local climate
Serpentine Wall on the South Side of Westgate Street 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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