Wall and Gate Piers Enclosing Churchyard to Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Wall and gate piers.

Wall and Gate Piers Enclosing Churchyard to Church of St James

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1973
Type
Wall and gate piers
Address
Wall and Gate Piers Enclosing Churchyard to Church of St James, St James Street, Shaftesbury
OS grid reference
ST 857 224
Coordinates
51.00092, -2.20404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and gate piers enclosing the churchyard of the Church of St James were built in the 19th century. The wall is made of stone rubble and features stone coping, standing approximately 4 feet 6 inches high on the northwest side. This side has an entrance flanked by stone gate piers and includes 19th century ironwork gates. The wall is lower on the northeast side, while it rises again on the southeast side. Additionally, there are buttresses that flank the steps near the southwest corner.

Local climate

Wall and Gate Piers Enclosing Churchyard to Church of St James receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% 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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