Churchyard Wall Bordering Main Street, with Steps at North and South Ends, and Gate Piers at South End is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Churchyard wall.
Churchyard Wall Bordering Main Street, with Steps at North and South Ends, and Gate Piers at South End
- WRENN ID
- distant-grate-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Churchyard wall
- Address
- Churchyard Wall Bordering Main Street, with Steps at North and South Ends, and Gate Piers at South End, Melling-With-Wrayton
- OS grid reference
- SD 597 711
- Coordinates
- 54.1349, -2.61676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard wall bordering Main Street in Melling-with-Wrayton is constructed of sandstone rubble, with its age being uncertain. At both the northern and southern entrances to the churchyard, there are five steps, each with a rectangular plan. The southern entrance features gate piers that are of 18th-century design, made of sandstone ashlar and square in shape. These gate piers have cyma-moulded bases and moulded cornices.
Local climate
Churchyard Wall Bordering Main Street, with Steps at North and South Ends, and Gate Piers at South End sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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