Gates, Overthrow, Side Screen Gatepiers and Steps, with Handrails, South East Corner of Churchyard is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1985. Gates and railings.
Gates, Overthrow, Side Screen Gatepiers and Steps, with Handrails, South East Corner of Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- grey-lime-equinox
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1985
- Type
- Gates and railings
- Address
- Gates, Overthrow, Side Screen Gatepiers and Steps, with Handrails, South East Corner of Churchyard, Church Street, Malpas
- OS grid reference
- SJ 486 471
- Coordinates
- 53.01958, -2.76626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of gates, an overthrow, a sidescreen, gatepiers, steps, and handrails located at the south-east corner of the churchyard in Malpas. The gates were originally made for Oulton Park, likely in the 1720s during the time of Vanbrugh's work there, and were moved to the Malpas churchyard in 1773, as recorded in the Churchwardens' Accounts. The piers and steps were probably also constructed in 1773.
The gates, overthrow, sidescreen, and handrails are made of wrought iron, while the piers and steps are constructed from red sandstone. Each gate features dogbars, a panel of leafy scrollwork, and an ornate top-rail. The overthrow is adorned with leafy scrollwork and displays the Egerton crest. The sidescreen is present only on the south side of the gates.
The masonry piers have tall recessed panels on each side, projecting plinths, and moulded cornices that support ornate urn finials. There is a flight of eight stone steps supported by a retaining wall, which is inscribed with "Jos. Duckers: Thomas Taylor: Church Wardens: 1823." The handrails are made of plain wrought iron. This structure is one of two pairs of gates originally from Oulton Park, and the design of the gates and overthrow is considered excellent.
Local climate
Gates, Overthrow, Side Screen Gatepiers and Steps, with Handrails, South East Corner of Churchyard receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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