Street Wall in Front of Nos 1, 1a 2 and 3 Wesley Slope Together with School is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. Wall.
Street Wall in Front of Nos 1, 1a 2 and 3 Wesley Slope Together with School
- WRENN ID
- solitary-ledge-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1983
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Street Wall in Front of Nos 1, 1a 2 and 3 Wesley Slope Together with School, Frome
- OS grid reference
- ST 775 477
- Coordinates
- 51.2287, -2.32279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The street wall in front of Nos 1, 1A, 2, and 3 Wesley Slope, along with the school, dates from around 1863. It is slightly battered and features occasional dies, although the railings have been removed. The wall is approximately 200 yards long and stands about 4 feet high, constructed from rubble. It curves at the corner of Christchurch Street West and Wesley Close, and is likely the work of architect W J Willcox.
Local climate
Street Wall in Front of Nos 1, 1a 2 and 3 Wesley Slope Together with School receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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