Gates and Gatepiers to Cemetery Entrance, Including Dwarf Wall and Rails to Each Side is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1984. Gatepiers, railings.

Gates and Gatepiers to Cemetery Entrance, Including Dwarf Wall and Rails to Each Side

WRENN ID
former-dormer-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1984
Type
Gatepiers, railings
Address
Gates and Gatepiers to Cemetery Entrance, Including Dwarf Wall and Rails to Each Side, Cemetery Road
OS grid reference
SE 218 239
Coordinates
53.71186, -1.67097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates and gatepiers at the entrance to the cemetery, along with the dwarf wall and railings on each side, date from around 1860. They feature two square ashlar piers that have cusped sunk panels and octagonal tapering caps. There are also four additional similar piers topped with pyramidal caps. The iron gates and railings are designed with cusped and foiled patterns, and they include ornate finials on the railings.

Local climate

Gates and Gatepiers to Cemetery Entrance, Including Dwarf Wall and Rails to Each Side receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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