Perimeter Walls and Gateway of Roman Catholic Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Gateway, walls.
Perimeter Walls and Gateway of Roman Catholic Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- muffled-rood-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- Gateway, walls
- Address
- Perimeter Walls and Gateway of Roman Catholic Cemetery, East Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 481 615
- Coordinates
- 54.04696, -2.79264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The perimeter walls and gateway of the Roman Catholic Cemetery were built between 1849 and 1850 by E.G. Paley. They are constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The walls on the north and east sides feature roughly-dressed triangular copings, while the wall on the west side, which includes the gateway, has a roll-topped coping. The gateway is covered with overlapping sandstone flags and is flanked by two gables that have wedge-shaped coping stones, creating a stepped appearance. The archways are pointed and chamfered in two orders, complete with hoodmoulds. On the west side, there are gates made of timber and iron. Inside, a single transverse rib supports the vault, and there is an inscribed plaque on the side wall that reads: 'According to the pious and charitable wish of the Revd Thomas Abbot, who died... Feb. 18th 1904... it was directed that four masses be celebrated in the Church of St Peter... each year...'.
Local climate
Perimeter Walls and Gateway of Roman Catholic Cemetery sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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