Churchyard Wall and Gateway to Blithfield Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Wall, gateway.

Churchyard Wall and Gateway to Blithfield Hall

WRENN ID
night-finial-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1985
Type
Wall, gateway
OS grid reference
SK 044 239
Coordinates
52.81345, -1.93558
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard wall and gateway to Blithfield Hall date from the 18th century, with the gateway being from the mid-19th century. The wall is made of red brick and features ashlar coping, standing approximately 5 feet high. It encloses the east and south sides of the churchyard of the Church of St. Leonard. The gateway, located to the south, has a 4-centred opening beneath a gable and is flanked by diagonal buttresses, constructed from coursed, square, and dressed stone.

Local climate

Churchyard Wall and Gateway to Blithfield Hall receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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