Quilters Vault is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. A Medieval Historic crypt.

Quilters Vault

WRENN ID
bitter-lintel-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southampton
Constituency
Southampton Itchen MP: Darren Paffey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1953
Type
Historic crypt
Period
Medieval
Address
Quilters Vault, 89, High Street, City of Southampton
OS grid reference
SU 419 110
Coordinates
50.89709, -1.40439
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Quilters Vault, located at 89 High Street, is a late 13th-century semi-circular vault constructed from coursed rubble. Each side of the vault features an aumbry in the side walls. There is a window dating from around 1300 and a door that was altered around 1500. The north wall includes a fireplace that has an oven inserted into it. This structure is also a scheduled ancient monument.

Local climate

Quilters Vault 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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