Churchyard Entrance Gates and Gate Piers Immediately North-West of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. Gate-piers.

Churchyard Entrance Gates and Gate Piers Immediately North-West of Church of St Peter and St Paul

WRENN ID
steep-obsidian-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1951
Type
Gate-piers
Address
Churchyard Entrance Gates and Gate Piers Immediately North-West of Church of St Peter and St Paul, High Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5DW
OS grid reference
SJ 512 288
Coordinates
52.85518, -2.72613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard entrance gates and gate piers, located immediately north-west of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, date from the late 18th century. The gate piers are made of rusticated ashlar and feature moulded stone caps topped with large draped urns. The ornate wrought iron gates and their overthrow are from the 18th or 19th century.

Local climate

Churchyard Entrance Gates and Gate Piers Immediately North-West of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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