Furness Abbey Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1949. A Medieval Wall.
Furness Abbey Wall
- WRENN ID
- mired-casement-finch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1949
- Type
- Wall
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Furness Abbey Wall, Abbey Approach
- OS grid reference
- SD 218 714
- Coordinates
- 54.13297, -3.19686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Furness Abbey Wall is a medieval precinct wall located in Barrow in Furness. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble and stands approximately 2 meters high where it is complete, featuring built-up triangular copings in some areas. The wall consists of two main sections. The south-west section runs from the West Lodge of Abbey House on Abbey Road to the remains of the West Gate on Manor Road, cresting the hill south of Amphitheatre Field and ending at the valley side of Mill Beck, with a total length of just under 1000 meters. The north-east section begins on the opposite side of the valley to Mill Beck and runs north-west, skirting the rear of South Lodge at Abbotswood on Manor Road, and ends in woodland to the north-west, measuring approximately 500 meters in length. This structure is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Furness Abbey Wall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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