Entrance Screen to Churchyard of Church of St James is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. Entrance screen.
Entrance Screen to Churchyard of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- ruined-truss-plum
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1950
- Type
- Entrance screen
- Address
- Entrance Screen to Churchyard of Church of St James, Newgate Street, Morpeth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 197 861
- Coordinates
- 55.16971, -1.69182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance screen to the churchyard of the Church of St. James was built between 1842 and 1846 by Benjamin Ferrey. It is made of sandstone, marble, and wrought iron. The structure features an arcade of five Romanesque arches supported by paired marble columns with cushion capitals. Above and around the arches, the wall displays diamond-shaped rustication. A cornice and blocking course are inscribed with religious text, and a Celtic-style cross is positioned above the central arch.
Inside the arches, there are railings and gates in the central arch, which are designed with pointed bars, fleurs de lys newels, and scrolls beneath the top rails and above the bottom rail.
Local climate
Entrance Screen to Churchyard of Church of St James receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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