Wall Enclosing Yard of Church of St Mary and St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Churchyard wall.
Wall Enclosing Yard of Church of St Mary and St Stephen
- WRENN ID
- carved-threshold-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Churchyard wall
- Address
- Wall Enclosing Yard of Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Church Lane, Wolsingham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 073 373
- Coordinates
- 54.73145, -1.88693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall enclosing the yard of the Church of St. Mary and St. Stephen is an 18th-century structure, possibly incorporating earlier materials. It is built of sandstone rubble and features a flat stone coping. The high wall runs along the south and east sides of the churchyard, with an opening on the east side that provides access to the path leading to the rectory. Sloping buttresses are positioned on either side of this opening.
Local climate
Wall Enclosing Yard of Church of St Mary and St Stephen receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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