St Mary's Abbey North Wall of Cloister is a Grade I listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1959. A C11 Cloister wall.
St Mary's Abbey North Wall of Cloister
- WRENN ID
- over-gargoyle-hawk
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1959
- Type
- Cloister wall
- Address
- St Mary's Abbey North Wall of Cloister, Swan Street, West Malling, ME19 6JX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 682 576
- Coordinates
- 51.2935, 0.41211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Mary's Abbey features the north wall of the cloister, which dates back to around 1090 and has 19th-century alterations. The wall is constructed from stone rubble and stands approximately 12 feet tall. The lower courses display herringbone work, and there is a 4-centred arch that was added in the 19th century when a carriage entrance was created.
Local climate
St Mary's Abbey North Wall of Cloister receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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