West Gateway and Adjoining Churchyard Walls to Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Gateway, wall.

West Gateway and Adjoining Churchyard Walls to Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
sacred-newel-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1988
Type
Gateway, wall
OS grid reference
ST 029 142
Coordinates
50.91956, -3.38198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The West Gateway and adjoining churchyard walls to the Church of St John the Baptist, dated 1862, are made of rock-faced grey limestone ashlar with Hamstone detailing. The gateway features a tall two-centred arch with a moulded surround, recessed below a chamfered segmental pointed relieving arch. The plain sides have weathered offsets for narrow flanking buttresses. At the top, the tall banded coping is interrupted in the center by a Hamstone plaque, although the inscription has worn away. The rear of the plaque is identical and retains the date 1862. The arch contains original wrought iron gates. On either side, the churchyard is bordered by a tall stone wall made of local red sandstone conglomerate rubble.

Local climate

West Gateway and Adjoining Churchyard Walls to Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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