Churchyard Wall and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Wall and railings.

Churchyard Wall and Railings

WRENN ID
winding-pier-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1973
Type
Wall and railings
Address
Churchyard Wall and Railings, Church Yard, Wirksworth
OS grid reference
SK 287 539
Coordinates
53.08188, -1.57177
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard wall and railings, built in 1839, are a low wall made of coursed stone rubble that encloses the churchyard. The wall features a saddle-back coping and is topped with wrought iron railings.

Local climate

Churchyard Wall and Railings receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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