Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Railings North Church of St Mary and All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1996. Gate pier, railings.

Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Railings North Church of St Mary and All Saints

WRENN ID
half-lancet-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1996
Type
Gate pier, railings
Address
Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Railings North Church of St Mary and All Saints, Swynnerton
OS grid reference
SJ 865 409
Coordinates
52.96607, -2.20203
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two pairs of gate piers and railings are located at the north side of the Church of St Mary and All Saints. They were built in the early 18th century, possibly between 1707 and 1710, by William Smith of Warwick for the First Lord Gower, with modifications made around the mid-19th century for the Duke of Sutherland.

The larger early 18th-century gate piers are made of ashlar stone and feature large moulded caps and ball finials. The mid-19th-century cast-iron inner piers have panelled sides, dentilled cornices, and small ball finials, although one of the finials is missing. The iron railings between the inner and outer piers are decorated with scroll designs and include foot-gates. The stone outer piers are likely not in their original position but are among the last remnants of William Smith's house built between 1707 and 1710 at Trentham. The cast-iron piers were produced by MacFarlane of Glasgow.

Local climate

Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Railings North Church of St Mary and All Saints receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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