Wall Between Butts and Alston Court is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. A Renaissance Wall.

Wall Between Butts and Alston Court

WRENN ID
half-gravel-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
Wall
Period
Renaissance
Address
Wall Between Butts and Alston Court, Church Lane, Nayland-With-Wissington
OS grid reference
TL 975 342
Coordinates
51.97126, 0.87444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall between Butts and Alston Court is a 16th-century red brick structure, approximately 7 feet tall, with its upper section rebuilt in the 18th century. It runs from the west side of Butts to the east side of Alston Court.

Local climate

Wall Between Butts and Alston Court 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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