The Steps and Entrance to the Church Yard with the Wall to the South West As Far As and Including the Gatepiers of Brightling Park is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Steps, gatepiers, wall. 1 related planning application.
The Steps and Entrance to the Church Yard with the Wall to the South West As Far As and Including the Gatepiers of Brightling Park
- WRENN ID
- tilted-hammer-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Steps, gatepiers, wall
- Address
- The Steps and Entrance to the Church Yard with the Wall to the South West As Far As and Including the Gatepiers of Brightling Park, TN32 5HH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 684 210
- Coordinates
- 50.96383, 0.39682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps and entrance to the churchyard, together with the wall extending southwest as far as the gatepiers of Brightling Park, date to the 18th and early 19th centuries. They are constructed of ashlar. The steps consist of nine risers flanked by square pillars at the lower level, with a double pair of pillars at the upper level, connected by a wall. A stone wall continues to the southwest, linking up with the gatepiers of Brightling Park.
Local climate
The Steps and Entrance to the Church Yard with the Wall to the South West As Far As and Including the Gatepiers of Brightling Park receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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