Wall, Railings and Gates to St Marys Churchyard and Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Wall, gate.
Wall, Railings and Gates to St Marys Churchyard and Rectory
- WRENN ID
- outer-rubblework-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Wall, gate
- Address
- Wall, Railings and Gates to St Marys Churchyard and Rectory, Handbridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 406 654
- Coordinates
- 53.18267, -2.88895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall, railings, and gates to St Mary's Churchyard and Rectory in Handbridge were built in 1887 by F.B. Wade, funded by the first Duke of Westminster. The structure features a rock-faced sandstone wall that is approximately 1 meter high, with hollow-chamfered copings and gabled bay-piers that include niches. There are cross-gabled gate piers leading to three gateways for the church and one for the Rectory. The wrought-iron railings on the walls have "barleysugar" bars and ornamental quatrefoil panels with double ribs, topped with foliar scrollwork. The site includes ornate wrought-iron gates: two for pedestrians and one for carriages leading to the churchyard, as well as one for carriages to the Rectory drive.
Local climate
Wall, Railings and Gates to St Marys Churchyard and Rectory 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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