Walls Surrounding Churchyard of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1996. Wall.

Walls Surrounding Churchyard of Church of St Margaret

WRENN ID
quartered-rampart-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Gillingham and Rainham MP: Naushabah Khan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1996
Type
Wall
Address
Walls Surrounding Churchyard of Church of St Margaret, High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 817 658
Coordinates
51.36291, 0.60961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls surrounding the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret date from the 19th century and are constructed of flint and brick, featuring weathered brick coping. The wall extends approximately 100 meters around the churchyard and is topped with a heavy moulded brick coping. These walls are included for their group value with the Church and the tombstones.

Local climate

Walls Surrounding Churchyard of Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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