Walls Linking the West Cloister Porch of the Cathedral is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 2000. A Medieval Boundary wall.
Walls Linking the West Cloister Porch of the Cathedral
- WRENN ID
- high-iron-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 2000
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Walls Linking the West Cloister Porch of the Cathedral, Cathedral Green, Wells
- OS grid reference
- ST 550 458
- Coordinates
- 51.20997, -2.64465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls linking the west cloister porch of the Cathedral in Wells are boundary walls located in the southeast corner of Cathedral Green. They are medieval in origin, with later modifications. Constructed from local stone rubble and Doulting stone ashlar, the walls are divided into three sections. The section extending west from the west cloister porch is approximately 3.5 meters high and features a battlemented top. In the center, there is a gateway added in the 1980s that leads into the Mary Mitchell Garden. The section that runs south to the Penniless Porch has a plain coping and a slight rise towards the porch tower. Beneath this section is a 20th-century segmental arched opening with a late 20th-century wrought-iron gate, providing access to the office premises on the east face of the tower (No. 16, Market Place). These walls are an important visual feature in the corner of Cathedral Green.
Local climate
Walls Linking the West Cloister Porch of the Cathedral 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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