Old Churchyard Wall Around Tower of Former Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Wall. 4 related planning applications.
Old Churchyard Wall Around Tower of Former Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- scattered-lead-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Old Churchyard Wall Around Tower of Former Church of St Mary, Compton Abbas, SP7 0ND
- OS grid reference
- ST 875 187
- Coordinates
- 50.96835, -2.1786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall encloses the churchyard surrounding the tower of the former Church of St Mary, and may date back to the medieval period. Constructed of coursed rubble and squared rubble, it completely surrounds the tower. The coping is rounded and made of stone, likely dating to the 18th century. A stepped stone mounting block is attached to the north-east side of the wall.
Local climate
Old Churchyard Wall Around Tower of Former Church of St Mary 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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