Wall with 2 Gateways and Gates to West and South of Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. Wall.

Wall with 2 Gateways and Gates to West and South of Christ Church

WRENN ID
silver-casement-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1988
Type
Wall
Address
Wall with 2 Gateways and Gates to West and South of Christ Church, Wharf Street
OS grid reference
SE 062 237
Coordinates
53.7097, -1.90734
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This structure is a wall with two gateways and gates located to the west and south of Christ Church, likely built around 1819. The wall is made of coursed squared stone and ashlar, with cast and wrought iron elements. It stands approximately 1 metre high on the south side and rises to about 3 metres on the west side, featuring chamfered ashlar coping that supports railings with spear-finialed bars and scrolled brackets in between.

At the north end of the west wall, there is an ashlar pier and a composite ashlar terminal pier, both topped with pyramidal capstones. The two gateways in the south wall are flanked by monolithic ashlar piers, each with a tall base that has sunk pointed-arch panels, a narrower section with a broad chamfer creating an octagonal shape, an octagonal band, and a gableted capstone. The gates consist of two leaves with plain spear-finialed bars, mid-rails featuring quatrefoils, and hinge bars set in iron sockets embedded in stone cills. Each gateway is adorned with an elaborate overthrow that includes scrolled brackets and finialed bars. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Wall with 2 Gateways and Gates to West and South of Christ 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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