Retaining Wall to Churchyard of St Thomas' is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. A 17th century Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall to Churchyard of St Thomas'
- WRENN ID
- plain-joist-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1968
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall to Churchyard of St Thomas', Rock Lane, Melling
- OS grid reference
- SD 388 002
- Coordinates
- 53.49553, -2.92307
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall surrounding the churchyard of St. Thomas' is a Grade II listed structure. It extends around all four sides of the graveyard, with the section facing the road measuring approximately 47 meters in length and incorporating a lych gate. The date of the wall is uncertain, but a stone on the south side is dated 1676, while the lych gate is from the 19th century. The stonework is built on bedrock in the section that faces the road.
Local climate
Retaining Wall to Churchyard of St Thomas' sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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