Cemetery Gates and Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.
Cemetery Gates and Gate Piers
- WRENN ID
- sharp-courtyard-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Cemetery Gates and Gate Piers, Stocks Walk
- OS grid reference
- SE 166 151
- Coordinates
- 53.63251, -1.75002
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cemetery gates and gate piers at Almondbury date from the mid-19th century. They are constructed from ashlar stone and feature rusticated gate piers with a moulded cornice. The piers are topped with pyramidal finials that have chamfered corners and ornamental details. Additionally, there are spur stones present. One cast-iron gate remains in place, adorned with spear finials and two foliate finials.
Local climate
Cemetery Gates and Gate Piers sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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