Gatepiers Gates and Railings of St Peter's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Gatepiers. 1 related planning application.
Gatepiers Gates and Railings of St Peter's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- still-chalk-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1975
- Type
- Gatepiers
- Address
- Gatepiers Gates and Railings of St Peter's Churchyard, Chapel Street, Congleton, CW12 4AB
- OS grid reference
- SJ 859 627
- Coordinates
- 53.16171, -2.21204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, gates, and railings of St Peter's Churchyard are a pair of stone gate piers featuring panelled sides and cornice caps. They are complemented by wrought iron gates that include an attractive overthrow with a lantern, along with plain wrought iron railings that extend to the right on a low stone wall. These structures form a group with the paved area of Cockshuts and are associated with St Peter's Church.
Local climate
Gatepiers Gates and Railings of St Peter's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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