Gate piers and gates to west of St Mary's churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Gate piers.
Gate piers and gates to west of St Mary's churchyard
- WRENN ID
- ghost-attic-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1973
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate piers and gates to west of St Mary's churchyard, Church Yard, Wirksworth
- OS grid reference
- SK 286 539
- Coordinates
- 53.08204, -1.57326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of stone gate piers, dated 1721, stand on either side of the passageway leading to St John's Street, west of St Mary's churchyard. The piers feature moulded cornice caps topped with large moulded finials and have panelled sides. The left-hand pier includes an inscription that reads, "Edward Alexander. The Else Churchwardens." Accompanying the piers are a pair of 19th-century wrought iron gates.
Local climate
Gate piers and gates to west of St Mary's churchyard 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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