City Walls (Remains Of) is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1950. Town wall.

City Walls (Remains Of)

WRENN ID
other-bronze-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 June 1950
Type
Town wall
Address
City Walls (Remains Of), Old Orchard Street, BA1 1JU
OS grid reference
ST 751 646
Coordinates
51.38012, -2.35828
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of the city walls are a section of the town wall built in the 4th century and later repaired and rebuilt during medieval times. Constructed from coursed squared limestone, the wall features a battlemented parapet and survives to a height of four courses, measuring approximately twenty meters. This section is part of the Roman town wall of Bath, originally built in stone in the 4th century, and was largely demolished in the 1760s. The current appearance dates from around 1959 when this stretch was almost completely demolished, reducing its height from approximately six meters. This remains one of the most significant sections of the city wall.

Local climate

City Walls (Remains Of) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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