Gates, Piers and Front Railings to North Side of Chowbent Unitarian Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1966. Gates, railings.
Gates, Piers and Front Railings to North Side of Chowbent Unitarian Chapel
- WRENN ID
- dim-plinth-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton MP: Jo Platt (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1966
- Type
- Gates, railings
- Address
- Gates, Piers and Front Railings to North Side of Chowbent Unitarian Chapel, Bolton Old Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 678 032
- Coordinates
- 53.52481, -2.48588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates, piers, and front railings to the north side of Chowbent Unitarian Chapel date from around 1721 and the mid-19th century. The ornate cast iron gates are mounted on robustly designed square stone piers that feature moulded bases and capitals, topped with decorative urns. The cast iron railings curve around on either side, connecting to 19th-century piers that also have moulded caps and Gothic panels. The Bolton Old Road side of the graveyard is finished with plain rails and an additional set of piers.
Local climate
Gates, Piers and Front Railings to North Side of Chowbent Unitarian Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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