Boundary Wall and Gatepiers to the Old Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1982. A C19 Boundary wall.
Boundary Wall and Gatepiers to the Old Congregational Church
- WRENN ID
- standing-paling-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1982
- Type
- Boundary wall
- OS grid reference
- SE 057 248
- Coordinates
- 53.71972, -1.91442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall and gatepiers to the Old Congregational Church, built around 1845, consist of a coursed, coped stone wall that runs along the front of the chapel's forecourt. The gatepiers are crenellated octagonal turrets, featuring crescent and spearhead railings for the gates. Additionally, there are wrought iron finials on the gatepiers and decorative scroll work above, which includes a lantern.
Local climate
Boundary Wall and Gatepiers to the Old Congregational Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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