Garden Walls Extending to East of North East Corner of Abbey House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 July 1976. Garden walls.
Garden Walls Extending to East of North East Corner of Abbey House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-cinder-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1976
- Type
- Garden walls
- Address
- Garden Walls Extending to East of North East Corner of Abbey House, Market Cross, Malmesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 934 873
- Coordinates
- 51.58528, -2.09642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls extending to the east of the north-east corner of Abbey House in Malmesbury are a Grade II listed structure. These walls are located on the site of the north curtain wall of the medieval town walls and were incorporated into the gardens of Abbey House in the 16th century. The walls have origins dating back to the 12th century and have been rebuilt and altered from the 16th century onwards. They consist of approximately 100 metres of coursed and squared limestone blocks and rubble, extending towards The Retreat on Holloway Hill.
Local climate
Garden Walls Extending to East of North East Corner of Abbey House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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