The Plummery Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Wall.

The Plummery Wall

WRENN ID
old-bonework-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Wall
Address
The Plummery Wall, Forbury Road
OS grid reference
SU 719 736
Coordinates
51.45743, -0.96595
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Plummery Wall is a mid-19th century structure located on the north side of Forbury Road. It is built on the site of, and likely incorporates elements of, a medieval wall. The wall is a dwarf wall made of mixed flint, random rubble, and brick, standing approximately 8 feet high. It features low mid-19th century railings.

Local climate

The Plummery Wall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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