Wall, Extending for Circa 90 Metres Westwards from Arlington Way is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Wall.
Wall, Extending for Circa 90 Metres Westwards from Arlington Way
- WRENN ID
- fading-bonework-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- TQ 313 828
- Coordinates
- 51.52919, -0.10801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wall built in the early 19th century, extending for approximately 90 metres westwards from Arlington Way in Islington. It is constructed of purple brick, with some sections replaced in yellow brick, and is laid in Flemish bond. The wall stands about 2 metres high and features gabled coping. About forty metres from Arlington Way, there are initials, dates, and other graffiti scratched into the brick by French prisoners who were employed to build the wall.
Local climate
Wall, Extending for Circa 90 Metres Westwards from Arlington Way 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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