Gate Piers, Gates and Boundary Wall to Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1991. Boundary wall.
Gate Piers, Gates and Boundary Wall to Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- moated-cornice-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1991
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Gate Piers, Gates and Boundary Wall to Churchyard of Church of St Mary, St Marys Street
- OS grid reference
- SD 548 296
- Coordinates
- 53.76134, -2.68607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, gates, and boundary wall to the churchyard of the Church of St Mary were likely built around 1840 and are made of sandstone. The gate piers are square in shape and approximately 3 meters high, featuring panelled sides and plain caps with shallow pyramidal tops. The low boundary wall on the east and south sides of the churchyard consists of two courses of large sandstone blocks with chamfered coping. There are seven widely spaced piers on the east side and five on the south side, all matching the gate piers. The gates are ramped and have spear-headed bar railings. Only the northernmost section of the wall retains matching railings, as the others have been replaced with 20th-century railings. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Gates and Boundary Wall to Churchyard of Church of St Mary 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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