Gate Piers About 20 Metres South West and Wall to Churchyard of Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. A C18 Gate piers.
Gate Piers About 20 Metres South West and Wall to Churchyard of Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- brooding-flue-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1986
- Type
- Gate piers
- OS grid reference
- TR 254 545
- Coordinates
- 51.24579, 1.22878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and wall located about 20 metres south west of the Church of Holy Cross date from the early 18th century. The gate piers are made of red brick in two shades and stand approximately 8 feet high, featuring a plinth and stone ball finials, although one ball finial is missing. The piers are spaced about 10 yards apart and are connected by a stone base that once supported an iron rail, with two central steps leading up to the entrance. This structure originally served as a ceremonial entrance to the churchyard from Goodnestone Park. The wall, which varies in height from about 6 feet to 10 feet at the eastern end near Lindley House, is mostly from the mid-19th century, though there are remnants of an earlier wall at the site. The wall is terminated at the west end by a pier that has a ball finial.
Local climate
Gate Piers About 20 Metres South West and Wall to Churchyard of Holy Cross receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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