Precinct Wall on South to East of Shire Hall (Shire Hall Not Included) is a Grade I listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A C12 Precinct wall.

Precinct Wall on South to East of Shire Hall (Shire Hall Not Included)

WRENN ID
vast-shingle-juniper
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1952
Type
Precinct wall
Address
Precinct Wall on South to East of Shire Hall (Shire Hall Not Included), Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 858 639
Coordinates
52.24267, 0.72061
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The precinct wall, dating from the 12th century, is located to the south and east of the Shire Hall in Bury St Edmunds. This wall is an interrupted stretch made of flint, with some sections being coursed and others random. At the western end, about 9 meters of the wall are at a higher level and partially form the rear wall of St Margaret's, continuing the section that runs through that building. The lower parts of this section are in good coursed flint. The remaining wall stretches approximately 78 meters in total length and consists of three sections, mostly made of coursed flint and standing about 3 meters high. It is interrupted by a short section of 20th-century brick replacement, a later archway, and a narrow roadway. Some parts of the wall have been extensively restored.

Local climate

Precinct Wall on South to East of Shire Hall (Shire Hall Not Included) 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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