Pair of Gatepiers C5 Yards from the Western Door of Church of Christ is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Gatepiers.
Pair of Gatepiers C5 Yards from the Western Door of Church of Christ
- WRENN ID
- vast-iron-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- SJ 788 556
- Coordinates
- 53.09779, -2.317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of gatepiers, dating from around 1790, is located approximately 5 yards from the western door of the Church of Christ in Alsager. Designed by Thomas Stringer, the gatepiers are constructed from yellow sandstone ashlar. Each pier is monolithic and has a cross-shaped section, featuring moulded bases and capitals. The piers have stepped tops that support vase finials, which are designed with conical bases and adorned with swags and ribbons on their upper bodies.
Local climate
Pair of Gatepiers C5 Yards from the Western Door of Church of Christ receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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