Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Gateway.

Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1987
Type
Gateway
Address
Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary, Church of St Mary, the Green, Newbold Astbury
OS grid reference
SJ 845 615
Coordinates
53.15092, -2.23198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway to the churchyard of St Mary is a 17th-century structure made of yellow sandstone ashlar. It features a central round archway with a hood-mould and lateral walls that have offsets. Above, there is a battlemented parapet adorned with crocketed pinnacles. A stone above the arch bears an inscription in 18th-century script that reads: "Thomas Dodd DD/Rector of this parish," along with a partially illegible line that records the date 1542, although Thomas Dodd actually died in the late 17th century. This gateway was previously listed together with the Church of St Mary, the Green.

Local climate

Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary 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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