Churchyard Walls and Gateway to Church of St Oswald is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Gateway, wall.
Churchyard Walls and Gateway to Church of St Oswald
- WRENN ID
- woven-clay-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Gateway, wall
- Address
- Churchyard Walls and Gateway to Church of St Oswald, Church Lane, Backford
- OS grid reference
- SJ 397 716
- Coordinates
- 53.23862, -2.90348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard walls and gateway to the Church of St Oswald date from various periods and are constructed of coursed sandstone with stone copings that are chamfered, convex, or feature roll moulding. The south wall includes a flight of five sandstone steps leading from the lane, accompanied by a stone rail and a partially rebuilt brick wall, as well as a timber lychgate from 1898 set on a stone base. The west wall has an inscribed stone indicating that the western and southern sides were restored in 1789. The north wall features a gateway from 1774, which has been repaired at the rear. Sandstone piers with recessed rectangular panels support moulded cornices and a semi-circular gate head adorned with roll mouldings and scroll returns. Each voussoir is decorated with a shield, most of which are worn, and the central voussoir is dated 1774. A flat stone coping rises from the wall over the gateway.
Local climate
Churchyard Walls and Gateway to Church of St Oswald receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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