Gates, Piers and Overthrow 10 Yards South of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1983. Entrance feature.
Gates, Piers and Overthrow 10 Yards South of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- errant-courtyard-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Weston-super-Mare MP: Dan Aldridge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- Type
- Entrance feature
- OS grid reference
- ST 366 654
- Coordinates
- 51.38429, -2.91191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates, piers, and overthrow located 10 yards south of the south porch of the Church of St. Lawrence are an entrance feature to the churchyard, dating from the late 18th century. They are constructed from ashlar and feature cast and wrought iron elements. The entrance consists of a pair of cast iron gates with a curved head and a central decorative frieze, flanked by square piers set on a small plinth. Each pier has a low pyramidal cap above a projecting cornice and is topped with an ogee-shaped wrought iron overthrow that includes a lantern bracket.
Local climate
Gates, Piers and Overthrow 10 Yards South of South Porch of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 820 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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