Entrance Piers and Flanking Wall to East of Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1979. Entrance piers, flanking wall. 1 related planning application.
Entrance Piers and Flanking Wall to East of Parish Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- muted-rampart-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1979
- Type
- Entrance piers, flanking wall
- Address
- Entrance Piers and Flanking Wall to East of Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Church Square, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2HX
- OS grid reference
- ST 662 541
- Coordinates
- 51.2858, -2.48475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance piers and flanking wall to the east of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist were likely built in the late 1840s. They consist of four tall piers made of ashlar stone, each topped with cross gabled pinnacles. The two entrance piers feature blind traceried panels. There is a dwarf ashlar wall connecting the outer piers, which previously had railings.
Local climate
Entrance Piers and Flanking Wall to East of Parish Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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