Gate Piers and Screen Wall and Gates to Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. Gate piers, screen wall, gates.
Gate Piers and Screen Wall and Gates to Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- endless-wicket-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- Gate piers, screen wall, gates
- Address
- Gate Piers and Screen Wall and Gates to Cemetery, the Down, Trowbridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 861 590
- Coordinates
- 51.33051, -2.20089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, screen wall, and gates to the cemetery were built between 1854 and 1855, likely designed by C. E. Davis of Bath. The structure features six-foot stone gate piers topped with foiled gables and heavy octagonal finials, adorned with a cornice of leaves. There is a moulded plinth at the base. The left-hand pedestrian entrance is associated with the nearby lodge, while the right-hand pedestrian entrance has a high arch capped by a Celtic cross, flanked by cross-gabled weathered saddlestone buttresses, which consist of two orders and a label. The main entrance is centrally located, with main gates that have spearhead railings. The side gates are made of ornamental wrought iron with twisted dog rails. A dwarf wall extends to the north of the lodge and to the south of the gates, featuring moulded coping and two wall piers, each topped with cross-gabled weathered saddle stones.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Screen Wall and Gates to Cemetery receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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