Wall between Forbury Road and Abbott's Walk to west of St James's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Wall.
Wall between Forbury Road and Abbott's Walk to west of St James's Church
- WRENN ID
- little-footing-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SU 719 736
- Coordinates
- 51.45696, -0.96561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall between Forbury Road and Abbott's Walk, located to the west of St James's Church, is a Grade II listed structure, likely built around 1840 or 1855. It is constructed from flint with Bath stone ashlar piers of varying heights. The panels opposite the west front of St James's Church feature 12th-century fragments of carving and architectural decoration. The wall concludes with a small gate leading to Abbott's Walk, which has an arch made of re-used voussoirs and chevron capitals from the 12th century, topped with a stepped parapet. Additionally, fragments of a Norman Abbey can be found in the wall to the west of St James's School playground.
Local climate
Wall between Forbury Road and Abbott's Walk to west of St James's Church 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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