Section of Wall with Railings and Piers to West of Abbey Grounds is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Section of wall.
Section of Wall with Railings and Piers to West of Abbey Grounds
- WRENN ID
- muffled-passage-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Section of wall
- Address
- Section of Wall with Railings and Piers to West of Abbey Grounds, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 499 387
- Coordinates
- 51.14582, -2.71756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
To the west of the Abbey grounds, there is a section of wall with railings and piers along Magdalene Street, likely built in the late 19th century. The wall stands approximately 6 feet high and is constructed of ashlar stone with a coping. It is divided by three piers that have pointed tops. The central section features a low wall, about 2 feet high, topped with wrought-iron railings that have a spike motif. At the southern end, there are double wrought-iron gates and an additional pier in front of Abbot's Leigh House. This wall, along with Abbot's Leigh House and the Abbot's Kitchen, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
Section of Wall with Railings and Piers to West of Abbey Grounds 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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