Wall and Railings Enclosing Shaftesbury Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Church.
Wall and Railings Enclosing Shaftesbury Congregational Church
- WRENN ID
- worn-stone-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Wall and Railings Enclosing Shaftesbury Congregational Church, Mustons Lane
- OS grid reference
- ST 863 230
- Coordinates
- 51.00657, -2.19549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and railings enclosing Shaftesbury Congregational Church date from around 1615 and are located on the north-east side of Mustons Lane. The low wall is made of greenish stone and features a coping. The railings have spear-headed finials on the uprights and urn finials on the standards. These elements are contemporary with the church itself. The wall and railings, along with Nos 3 to 7 (odd) on Mustons Lane, form a group with No 33 Bell Street.
Local climate
Wall and Railings Enclosing Shaftesbury Congregational Church 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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