Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings to South West, North West and North East of St John's Burial Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Burial ground enclosure.
Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings to South West, North West and North East of St John's Burial Ground
- WRENN ID
- half-bracket-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Burial ground enclosure
- Address
- Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings to South West, North West and North East of St John's Burial Ground, Taylors Court
- OS grid reference
- ST 588 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45616, -2.59345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls, piers, gates, and railings surrounding St John's Burial Ground date from the 18th century. They are constructed from limestone ashlar piers and red Pennant rubble walls, complemented by wrought-iron gates and railings. The tall capped piers feature faceted panels at the entrance from Tailor's Court. Along John Street and Tower Lane, there are capped piers, coped walls, and railings supported by bracketed barleysugar stanchions topped with fleur-de-lys heads. This structure forms a cohesive group with the nearby houses around the flagged Tailor's Court and represents an uncommon inner city burial ground.
Local climate
Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings to South West, North West and North East of St John's Burial Ground receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
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