Churchyard Wall and Gate Piers to Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Churchyard wall.
Churchyard Wall and Gate Piers to Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- late-casement-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston MP: Preet Kaur Gill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Churchyard wall
- Address
- Churchyard Wall and Gate Piers to Church of St James, Elvetham Road B15
- OS grid reference
- SP 061 855
- Coordinates
- 52.46764, -1.91075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard wall and gate piers to the Church of St James, located on Elvetham Road in Edgbaston, date back to 1852 and are part of the design by S S Teulon. The walls are constructed of bluish red brick and rise in steps up the hillside, featuring a curved stone coping. There are four sets of gate piers made of chamfered sandstone, each topped with stepped pyramid caps. The gates are from the 20th century.
Local climate
Churchyard Wall and Gate Piers to Church of St James receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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