Railings and Bollard at Churchyard Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Railings and bollard.

Railings and Bollard at Churchyard Entrance

WRENN ID
stark-finial-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1988
Type
Railings and bollard
Address
Railings and Bollard at Churchyard Entrance, High Street, Urchfont
OS grid reference
SU 040 572
Coordinates
51.31435, -1.94291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings and bollard at the churchyard entrance on High Street in Urchfont date from the mid-19th century and are made of wrought iron. They feature a pair of gates adorned with dog rails and tall flower finials on the stanchions. The railings extend for approximately 3 meters to the right. To the left, there is a narrow public footpath that includes a central cast iron moulded bollard.

Local climate

Railings and Bollard at Churchyard Entrance receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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