Wall on West and North Sides of Colliton Park is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Wall.

Wall on West and North Sides of Colliton Park

WRENN ID
ragged-vestry-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
Wall
Address
Wall on West and North Sides of Colliton Park, Dorchester
OS grid reference
SY 689 910
Coordinates
50.71782, -2.44141
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall on the west and north sides of Colliton Park dates from the early 18th century. It features alternating bands of Ridgeway or Portland rubble and flints, topped with red brick coping. The wall is ramped up to circular red brick piers that have gadrooned ashlar capitals.

Local climate

Wall on West and North Sides of Colliton Park receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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