Walls surrounding St. Swithin's churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1984. Boundary wall.

Walls surrounding St. Swithin's churchyard

WRENN ID
outer-bonework-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1984
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Walls surrounding St. Swithin's churchyard, Church Lane, Combe
OS grid reference
SU 368 607
Coordinates
51.3443, -1.4727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls surrounding St. Swithin's Churchyard are from the 17th and 18th centuries, with repairs and additions made in the 20th century. They are constructed of flint and brick, featuring tiled coping on brick corbels to the north and east sides, while the south and west sides have flint coping. The walls enclose an approximately square area measuring 40 metres by 40 metres and stand 1.5 metres high.

Local climate

Walls surrounding St. Swithin's churchyard receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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