Gate Piers, Overthrow, Flanking Walls Extending About 6 Feet to North and South Sides of Gate Piers, Steps and Retaining Walls to the East of the Church of St Catherine is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Gate-piers, walls, steps.
Gate Piers, Overthrow, Flanking Walls Extending About 6 Feet to North and South Sides of Gate Piers, Steps and Retaining Walls to the East of the Church of St Catherine
- WRENN ID
- roaming-flagstone-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Gate-piers, walls, steps
- OS grid reference
- SO 546 293
- Coordinates
- 51.96121, -2.66202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, overthrow, flanking walls, steps, and retaining walls are located to the east of the Church of St Catherine and date from around 1885. The gate piers are made of sandstone ashlar, featuring a square section with chamfered corners and sloping front faces. The cappings have small Lombard friezes and chamfered upper edges. The overthrow consists of twisted wrought iron that rises to an ornate lantern, which tapers towards the base and is topped with a cross. The flanking walls extend about 6 feet to the north and south and are constructed of finely coursed square sandstone with ridged tile copings. The steps, made of sandstone, are arranged in four separate groups between the gate piers and the east entrance of the church. The retaining walls on the north and south sides of the steps are aligned east to west and made of finely coursed rock-faced squared sandstone. Together, these elements create a carefully designed main approach and framed composition for the Church of St Catherine.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Overthrow, Flanking Walls Extending About 6 Feet to North and South Sides of Gate Piers, Steps and Retaining Walls to the East of the Church of St Catherine receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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, 20 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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