Gate Piers at Entry to Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1987. Gate piers.
Gate Piers at Entry to Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- noble-jamb-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1987
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers at Entry to Churchyard, Top Street, Great Somerford
- OS grid reference
- ST 964 830
- Coordinates
- 51.54652, -2.05287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the entry to the churchyard are 18th century structures made of ashlar stone. They feature cornices with raised, scroll-topped gate-stops and are topped with stone urns. The wooden gates and iron overthrow lamp were added in 1980.
Local climate
Gate Piers at Entry to Churchyard receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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