St Ethelreda's Churchyard Walls and Gates on East Side of Cecil Family Burial Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Churchyard wall, gate.

St Ethelreda's Churchyard Walls and Gates on East Side of Cecil Family Burial Ground

WRENN ID
hollow-truss-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Churchyard wall, gate
Address
St Ethelreda's Churchyard Walls and Gates on East Side of Cecil Family Burial Ground, Fore Street
OS grid reference
TL 235 084
Coordinates
51.76118, -0.21146
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Ethelreda's Churchyard features early to mid-19th century walls and gate piers on the east side of the Cecil family burial ground. The gates are 18th century wrought iron, likely sourced from the garden on the south side of the Old Palace. The wall is constructed of red brick with a trellis-work upper section. The gate piers have a square plan and are adorned with stone quoins. They are topped with stepped stone and diamond-shaped finials. The double gates include scrolled side panels and an overthrow.

Local climate

St Ethelreda's Churchyard Walls and Gates on East Side of Cecil Family Burial Ground sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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