Railings and Piers to 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. A C19 Church yard boundary.

Railings and Piers to Churchyard Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
white-spandrel-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1986
Type
Church yard boundary
Address
Railings and Piers to Churchyard Church of St Mary, Church Lane, West Swindon
OS grid reference
SU 103 848
Coordinates
51.56208, -1.85151
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings and piers to the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary in Lydiard Park date from the early to mid 19th century. They are made of limestone and feature wrought iron railings set on a low wall that encloses the north side of the churchyard. The gate piers and end piers have cinquefoil recess panels and offset tops, which are topped with foiled crosses. The rubble dwarf wall has heavy copings that support spear-headed railings, with simple arches springing from bosses beneath the top rail.

Local climate

Railings and Piers to 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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