West Boundary Wall of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Boundary wall.

West Boundary Wall of Churchyard

WRENN ID
crumbling-wicket-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Boundary wall
Address
West Boundary Wall of Churchyard, Avebury
OS grid reference
SU 099 699
Coordinates
51.42858, -1.85821
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The west boundary wall of the churchyard in Avebury is a Grade II listed structure. It is made of squared sarsen stone and stands approximately 1.6 meters high. The wall features a topping of cob and has a thatched coping. It stretches for about 65 meters and returns as the walls of the adjacent rose garden.

Local climate

West Boundary Wall of Churchyard receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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