Gate Piers to Epsom Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.
Gate Piers to Epsom Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- solitary-string-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epsom and Ewell
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers to Epsom Cemetery, Ashley Road, KT18 5BP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 213 593
- Coordinates
- 51.31996, -0.25948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to Epsom Cemetery were built in 1870 and designed by William Young. They are made of Kentish ragstone and Bath stone. The structure features three square-section piers that flank both carriage and pedestrian gates. Each pier has a rock-faced base and an offset below the rock-faced shaft, which includes moulded angle shafts. At the top, each pier is capped with a pyramidal leaf finial, which is different for each pier. Each finial has a trefoil panel on each face, intricately carved with different designs of foliage and birds. Although the original gates have been replaced, the cemetery was purchased in 1870 by the Local Burial Board, who commissioned R N Shaw and William Young for the work. Young's designs are featured in his book, Picturesque Architectural Studies, published in 1872.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Epsom Cemetery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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