Gate, Lamp and Overthrow Between Nos 54 and 56 at Entrance to Methodist Church from Cheap Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Gate.

Gate, Lamp and Overthrow Between Nos 54 and 56 at Entrance to Methodist Church from Cheap Street

WRENN ID
turning-beam-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Gate
Address
Gate, Lamp and Overthrow Between Nos 54 and 56 at Entrance to Methodist Church from Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BH
OS grid reference
ST 638 166
Coordinates
50.94798, -2.51596
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate, lamp, and overthrow located between numbers 54 and 56 at the entrance to the Methodist Church from Cheap Street date from the mid-19th century. The structure features piers with chamfered edges that are attached to numbers 54 and 56. The cast-iron gates have uprights topped with fleur-de-lys finials that rise to two different heights. This gate, along with numbers 54 and 56, the Methodist Church, and numbers 58 to 82 (even), forms a cohesive group.

Local climate

Gate, Lamp and Overthrow Between Nos 54 and 56 at Entrance to Methodist Church from Cheap Street receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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