Churchyard Steps and Raised Pavement of 50 Metres is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. A Early C19 Churchyard steps.
Churchyard Steps and Raised Pavement of 50 Metres
- WRENN ID
- rusted-lantern-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1984
- Type
- Churchyard steps
- OS grid reference
- SY 444 936
- Coordinates
- 50.73935, -2.78806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard steps and raised pavement, dating from the early 19th century, consist of five stone steps with a roughly elliptical shape that rise directly from the lane into the churchyard. Attached to the steps is a revetted pavement wall that runs westward. This wall is made of coursed rubble stone and has a surface that is mainly grassed over, extending for 50 metres along the lane to the west end of the churchyard.
Local climate
Churchyard Steps and Raised Pavement of 50 Metres receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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