Churchyard Wall with Gateways and Gates to West, South and East of Church in Bretton Park is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Churchyard wall.
Churchyard Wall with Gateways and Gates to West, South and East of Church in Bretton Park
- WRENN ID
- second-turret-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1966
- Type
- Churchyard wall
- Address
- Churchyard Wall with Gateways and Gates to West, South and East of Church in Bretton Park, Park Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 289 128
- Coordinates
- 53.61173, -1.56347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard wall with gateways and gates is located to the west, south, and east of the Church in Bretton Park and dates from around 1744, coinciding with the church's construction. The wall is made of coursed squared stone and features slightly weathered coping along with a simple later iron railing. On the south side, the wall forms a ha-ha and curves to the north at the west end, where it becomes lower, likely due to infilling of the ha-ha ditch.
To the east, there is a pair of ashlar piers at the gateway, complemented by iron intermediate piers. The gates consist of square bars and dog bars, with circular designs forming the top and mid bands. The west wall ends at the north in a square pier. The east gateway is marked by short square ashlar piers that have moulded bases and broad, flat moulded caps, supporting simple iron gates.
Local climate
Churchyard Wall with Gateways and Gates to West, South and East of Church in Bretton Park receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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