Boundary Wall and Gateways to South and West of Church of St John the Divine is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1999. Boundary wall.

Boundary Wall and Gateways to South and West of Church of St John the Divine

WRENN ID
strange-wattle-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Wigan MP: Lisa Nandy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 December 1999
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Boundary Wall and Gateways to South and West of Church of St John the Divine, Church Street
OS grid reference
SD 548 046
Coordinates
53.53676, -2.68346
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall and gateways to the south and west of the Church of St John the Divine were likely built around 1832 and have been altered since. The structure is made of coursed squared sandstone rubble topped with rounded coping, featuring dressed stone gate piers and wrought iron gates. The wall surrounds the west and south sides of the churchyard and stands approximately 2 meters high. The gateways are aligned with the west and south doorways of the church and are marked by octagonal piers that have chamfered plinths, trefoil friezes, and shallow octagonal caps, although the east pier of the south gateway has been rebuilt. The gateways include pairs of elaborate wrought-iron gates and form a group with the Church of St John the Divine.

Local climate

Boundary Wall and Gateways to South and West of Church of St John the Divine sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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