Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary and St Aldhelms Abbey Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1949. Gateway.
Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary and St Aldhelms Abbey Church
- WRENN ID
- little-hearth-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1949
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary and St Aldhelms Abbey Church, Market Cross, Malmesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 932 872
- Coordinates
- 51.58399, -2.09832
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway to the churchyard of St Mary and St Aldhelm's Abbey Church is a late 18th-century structure, with the year 1789 scratched into the impost. It is built from limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a brick arch, although the roof is not visible. The gateway is two stories high and has a two-window range. The design is in the Gothick style, with a symmetrical front that includes a round-headed through arch. The imposts are linked to a cill band and key, with plain doorways on either side. The right doorway has a studded door, and there are small Y-tracery windows above the band. The structure is topped with a flat cornice and an ashlar crenellated parapet. The interior has not been inspected but is recorded as forming one-man lockups.
Local climate
Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary and St Aldhelms Abbey Church receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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