Railed Enclosure Within Churchyard Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Enclosure.
Railed Enclosure Within Churchyard Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- muted-paling-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Enclosure
- Address
- Railed Enclosure Within Churchyard Church of St Mary, Church Lane, West Swindon
- OS grid reference
- SU 104 847
- Coordinates
- 51.5619, -1.85118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railed enclosure within the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary in Lydiard Park dates from the early to mid-19th century. It forms a parallelogram shape and is made of wrought iron set on a stone kerb. The enclosure features gates on the east and west sides, with railings that alternate between spear head and javelin pointed square sections. The corners are supported by thicker stanchions that have acorn heads. There are no upstanding features within the enclosure.
Local climate
Railed Enclosure Within Churchyard Church of St Mary receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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