Precinct Wall to the Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Wall. 1 related planning application.

Precinct Wall to the Priory

WRENN ID
cold-merlon-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Type
Wall
Address
Precinct Wall to the Priory, B 6160, Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire, BD23 6AL
OS grid reference
SE 072 541
Coordinates
53.98314, -1.89101
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The precinct wall to the Priory is a medieval structure made of coursed squared stone. It stands approximately 4 metres high and features a chamfered band below a high triangular sectioned rubble coping.

Local climate

Precinct Wall to the Priory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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