Railings Gates Gate Piers and Section of Boundary Wall on North Side of Burial Ground of Unitarian Chapel Including Lamp Standard to North East is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Boundary railings and wall.

Railings Gates Gate Piers and Section of Boundary Wall on North Side of Burial Ground of Unitarian Chapel Including Lamp Standard to North East

WRENN ID
second-landing-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1987
Type
Boundary railings and wall
Address
Railings Gates Gate Piers and Section of Boundary Wall on North Side of Burial Ground of Unitarian Chapel Including Lamp Standard to North East, Cross Street, Moretonhampstead, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 755 860
Coordinates
50.66041, -3.76249
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This listing describes the railings, gates, gate piers, and a section of the boundary wall located on the north side of the burial ground of the Unitarian Chapel in Moretonhampstead, along with an adjacent lamp standard. The features date from the mid to late 19th century, while a fragment of the boundary wall is from the late 17th century to early 18th century.

The iron railings have spearhead shafts, with alternate shafts reaching only to the low middle rail, and they also feature spearheads. The gate piers are made of cast iron, octagonal in shape, and topped with moulded finials, all set on a granite ashlar plinth. To the west, there is a stone rubble wall that serves as the boundary wall for the burial ground. Parts of this wall are remnants of the meetinghouse built in 1692, which was enlarged in 1718 but became unsafe, leading to the construction of the existing chapel in 1802. The wall stands approximately 2.5 metres high.

On the east side, the lamp standard is made of cast iron, featuring a panelled pedestal, a tapered fluted shaft, and moulded and fluted ladder bars, topped with a wrought iron lamp-holder.

Local climate

Railings Gates Gate Piers and Section of Boundary Wall on North Side of Burial Ground of Unitarian Chapel Including Lamp Standard to North East receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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