Glastonbury Abbey Precinct Wall from No.2 Silver Street to Abbey Gatehouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 2002. Precinct wall.

Glastonbury Abbey Precinct Wall from No.2 Silver Street to Abbey Gatehouse

WRENN ID
tenth-gallery-lichen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 August 2002
Type
Precinct wall
OS grid reference
ST 499 389
Coordinates
51.1473, -2.71672
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a section of the Glastonbury Abbey precinct wall, which dates from the 15th century but is a reconstruction of the 13th-century abbey boundary wall, incorporating some of the original 13th-century masonry. The wall is made of coursed and dressed stone, with the upper courses being rubble. The tallest part is on the east side, which is the most complete section. In the center, where the masonry has been disturbed, there is a later two-centred arch. The wall is lower from the center to the west end, where it ends in the rear yard of the Abbey Gatehouse. Together with other listed sections of the precinct wall, this part reflects the 13th-century extent of Glastonbury Abbey.

Local climate

Glastonbury Abbey Precinct Wall from No.2 Silver Street to Abbey Gatehouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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