Walls Enclosing the Churchyard of St Leonard's Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. Churchyard walls.
Walls Enclosing the Churchyard of St Leonard's Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- pale-groin-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1984
- Type
- Churchyard walls
- Address
- Walls Enclosing the Churchyard of St Leonard's Parish Church, Tortworth
- OS grid reference
- ST 704 933
- Coordinates
- 51.63825, -2.42835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls enclosing the churchyard of St. Leonard's Parish Church were built around 1872, likely incorporating elements from 17th century walls. They are constructed of rubble with ashlar saddleback coping, which steps up and down at intervals around the entire churchyard. The west wall features capped ashlar piers at the center, along with wooden gates.
Local climate
Walls Enclosing the Churchyard of St Leonard's Parish Church receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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