Abbey Gate House Wall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1984. Wall.

Abbey Gate House Wall

WRENN ID
stranded-chalk-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1984
Type
Wall
Address
Abbey Gate House Wall, Butley
OS grid reference
TM 375 493
Coordinates
52.09172, 1.46569
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Abbey Gate House Wall is a structure dating from around 1800, located in Butley, connecting the Abbey Gatehouse and the former Pavilion, which is now known as Abbey Cottage. The wall is approximately 4 meters high and is constructed from a mix of reused stone and flint from the former Abbey. It features stone saddleback coping at the top.

Local climate

Abbey Gate House Wall 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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