Retaining Wall Along North and West Sides of St Peters Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. Retaining wall.

Retaining Wall Along North and West Sides of St Peters Churchyard

WRENN ID
solemn-gateway-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Wall Along North and West Sides of St Peters Churchyard, Church Street
OS grid reference
SD 842 329
Coordinates
53.7929, -2.24055
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall along the north and west sides of St Peter's churchyard in Burnley is a Grade II listed structure. It likely dates mostly from around 1807, when the churchyard was enlarged and properly enclosed, but it also includes earlier abutments built in 1736. The wall is constructed of coursed and random sandstone rubble topped with a rounded coping. It follows a curved line that aligns with the southward bend of the River Brun, extending from the Church Street Bridge at the northeast corner of the churchyard to the southwest corner. The height of the wall gradually decreases from approximately 10 meters near the bridge.

Local climate

Retaining Wall Along North and West Sides of St Peters Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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