Churchyard Gate Piers and Gates to the Parish Church of St Oswald is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1974. Gate piers, gates.

Churchyard Gate Piers and Gates to the Parish Church of St Oswald

WRENN ID
hushed-facade-onyx
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1974
Type
Gate piers, gates
Address
Churchyard Gate Piers and Gates to the Parish Church of St Oswald, Church Street, Ashbourne
OS grid reference
SK 176 464
Coordinates
53.01544, -1.73803
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard gate piers and gates to the parish church of St Oswald were built around 1700. They are made of stone and serve as the main entrance to the churchyard at the junction of Church Street and School Lane. The gate piers are panelled and topped with conical caps that are supported by skulls with flames as finials. The gates are made of 18th-century iron and feature an overthrow.

These gate piers and gates, along with Nos 38, 40, and 72, Pegg's Almshouses, Owlfield's Almshouses, The Mansion, the Summerhouse, and the cobbled pavements, form a group with the parish Church of St Oswald. Additionally, the churchyard gate piers and gates, as well as the section of churchyard walls along School Lane, are grouped with all the listed buildings on School Lane and with No 69 Church Street.

Local climate

Churchyard Gate Piers and Gates to the Parish Church of St Oswald receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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