Walls Surrounding and to West and South West of Parish Church of St James and Gatepiers and Gates to West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1980. Walls.
Walls Surrounding and to West and South West of Parish Church of St James and Gatepiers and Gates to West of Church
- WRENN ID
- low-window-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup MP: Mr Louie French (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1980
- Type
- Walls
- Address
- Walls Surrounding and to West and South West of Parish Church of St James and Gatepiers and Gates to West of Church, North Cray Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 483 717
- Coordinates
- 51.42542, 0.13292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls surrounding and to the west and south-west of the Parish Church of St James, along with the gatepiers and gates to the west of the church, date from the mid-18th century and are made of red brick. These walls, which were originally part of the former North Cray Place, are notably pierced along North Cray Road. A prominent feature is the fine gateway located immediately west of the church, which has piers topped with stone pineapples. The wrought-iron gates, which include an overthrow, once displayed the initials H.H., but these have now been replaced by a cross. The gates were constructed by William Burcke for the Hetherington family.
Local climate
Walls Surrounding and to West and South West of Parish Church of St James and Gatepiers and Gates to West of Church 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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