Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Opposite East End of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Gate piers and gates.
Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Opposite East End of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- sacred-thatch-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers and gates
- Address
- Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Opposite East End of Church of St John, Church Street
- OS grid reference
- SD 542 293
- Coordinates
- 53.7588, -2.69607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and gates to the churchyard opposite the east end of the Church of St John were built around 1855, likely by E.H. Shellard. They are constructed from sandstone ashlar and cast iron in a Gothic style. The pair of octagonal piers are approximately half a metre wide and about 4 metres high. Each pier features a plain base, a tall shaft with trefoil-headed panels on all sides, a cornice above, a collar adorned with quatrefoil panels, and a prominent moulded cornice topped with an embattled cap. The gates, accessed by three steps, consist of vertical bars that create two tiers of arcading, with bands of quatrefoils between them and near the bottom, along with trefoil cresting.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Opposite East End of Church of St John sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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