Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Gate piers and gates.
Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- riven-sandstone-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1979
- Type
- Gate piers and gates
- Address
- Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Helen, Barnsley Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 343 181
- Coordinates
- 53.6591, -1.48242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and gates located to the west of the Church of St Helen were built in the late 19th century. They feature square piers adorned with cusped panels and topped with gabled roofs. The central entrance has double wrought iron gates, while there are single side gates, all designed in a flamboyant style with Art Nouveau heart shapes. Above the central gate, there is an overthrow that includes scrolled leaf decoration and a lampholder.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Helen receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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