Abbey Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1971. Wall.
Abbey Wall
- WRENN ID
- winter-sandstone-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1971
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Abbey Wall, Gosditch Street, Cirencester, GL7 2AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 022 021
- Coordinates
- 51.71805, -1.9685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey Wall is a medieval wall located on the northeast side of Gosditch Street in Cirencester, with later repairs and rebuilding. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone and coursed squared limestone rubble, topped with ashlar coping. The wall is approximately 2 meters high at the south end, rising in two stages to about 3.5 meters at the north end, featuring deep weathered coping. The angles where the wall changes direction have flush quoins.
At the south end, there is a section of the wall approximately 2 meters high, with a pier that appears to have been rebuilt in the 20th century. This section includes a 19th-century stone panel displaying a coat of arms with a lion on a shield and the motto "VIRTUTE ET INGENIO," which is set on the coping. Near the north end, there is a probable former carriage entrance that has been infilled, featuring a 20th-century iron pedestrian gate with a 20th-century moulded stone architrave, a frieze with incised lettering reading "ABBEY HOUSE," and a moulded stone cornice. The north end of the wall adjoins a section belonging to No. 2 Dollar Street.
Local climate
Abbey Wall 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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