Walls, Railings and Gateway to Church of St Thomas A Becket is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Boundary wall, railings, gateway.
Walls, Railings and Gateway to Church of St Thomas A Becket
- WRENN ID
- second-postern-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1984
- Type
- Boundary wall, railings, gateway
- Address
- Walls, Railings and Gateway to Church of St Thomas A Becket, Church Yard Bottom, Heptonstall
- OS grid reference
- SD 986 280
- Coordinates
- 53.74888, -2.0213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls, railings, and gateway to the Church of St. Thomas à Becket in Heptonstall are notable features likely dating from the mid-18th century. The low wall is constructed from large dressed ashlar blocks and is topped with 19th-century cast iron railings that have urn finials. At the southern end, the wall ends in a stone pillar with a bell-shaped cap on either side of double cast iron gates, which also feature urn finials and a dog rail.
Local climate
Walls, Railings and Gateway to Church of St Thomas A Becket sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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