Gates and Gate Piers to Front of Church of St James the Great is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Gate.

Gates and Gate Piers to Front of Church of St James the Great

WRENN ID
rusted-lantern-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1985
Type
Gate
Address
Gates and Gate Piers to Front of Church of St James the Great, Kirkgate, Silsden
OS grid reference
SE 041 464
Coordinates
53.91413, -1.93799
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates and gate piers at the front of the Church of St. James the Great were built around 1896. They are made of ashlar stone and wrought and cast iron. The gate piers are square in shape, featuring chamfered plinths and panelled tracery beneath a triangular hood, topped with moulded caps. The gates themselves are richly decorated in the Art Nouveau style, showcasing a butterfly motif.

Local climate

Gates and Gate Piers to Front of Church of St James the Great sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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