Section of Wall Running West from Polymond Tower to Remains of Semi-Circular Tower to East of Bargate and Small Part South of Polymond Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. A Mediaeval City wall.
Section of Wall Running West from Polymond Tower to Remains of Semi-Circular Tower to East of Bargate and Small Part South of Polymond Tower
- WRENN ID
- calm-ledge-crag
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1953
- Type
- City wall
- Period
- Mediaeval
- Address
- Section of Wall Running West from Polymond Tower to Remains of Semi-Circular Tower to East of Bargate and Small Part South of Polymond Tower, Town Walls, City of Southampton
- OS grid reference
- SU 420 116
- Coordinates
- 50.90259, -1.40277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This section of the medieval city walls runs west from Polymond Tower to the remains of a semi-circular tower east of Bargate, with a small part extending south of Polymond Tower. The walls are constructed of stone and rise to a height of 15 feet. There is a gap in the wall where it was breached in 1769, which allowed for the construction of York Gate, later demolished in 1961. The wall is recognized as an ancient monument.
Local climate
Section of Wall Running West from Polymond Tower to Remains of Semi-Circular Tower to East of Bargate and Small Part South of Polymond Tower receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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