Walls, Piers and Iron Railings Enclosing West Side of the Abbey Church Graveyard Walls, Piers and Railings Round Abbey Church Graveyard is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1996. Walls, railings.
Walls, Piers and Iron Railings Enclosing West Side of the Abbey Church Graveyard Walls, Piers and Railings Round Abbey Church Graveyard
- WRENN ID
- tired-trefoil-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1996
- Type
- Walls, railings
- Address
- Walls, Piers and Iron Railings Enclosing West Side of the Abbey Church Graveyard Walls, Piers and Railings Round Abbey Church Graveyard, Market Cross, Malmesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 932 872
- Coordinates
- 51.58409, -2.09884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls, piers, and iron railings enclosing the west side of the Abbey Church graveyard in Malmesbury date from the mid-19th century. They are constructed from coursed, squared limestone rubble, featuring ashlar piers and iron railings with gates. The capped piers provide access through gates at the northwest entrance, and the walls extend approximately 200 meters around the western side of the graveyard.
Local climate
Walls, Piers and Iron Railings Enclosing West Side of the Abbey Church Graveyard Walls, Piers and Railings Round Abbey Church Graveyard 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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