Old Deanery Boundary Wall on South Side at Return to New Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Boundary wall.
Old Deanery Boundary Wall on South Side at Return to New Street
- WRENN ID
- mired-sill-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Old Deanery Boundary Wall on South Side at Return to New Street, the Liberty, Wells, BA5 2LA
- OS grid reference
- ST 549 459
- Coordinates
- 51.21103, -2.64643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Deanery boundary wall on the south side at the return to New Street is part of the boundary wall for the Old Deanery, located at Cathedral Green. This wall dates back to the 15th century and has undergone some additions and restorations. It is constructed of rubble, with some coping stones. The wall varies in height from approximately 3.25 to 4 meters and extends about 60 meters in length from its junction with the return at New Street to a return at the 20th-century canons' houses in The Liberty, which are not included in this listing. There is a slight change in direction towards the west end, but the wall remains continuous. This structure is an important feature in the townscape at the junction of New Street and The Liberty and is part of what was once a complete enclosure for the large site between The Liberty and Cathedral Green that was occupied by the Old Deanery.
Local climate
Old Deanery Boundary Wall on South Side at Return to New Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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