Gates and Gatepiers Approximately 5 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1970. Gates.
Gates and Gatepiers Approximately 5 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- eternal-forge-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1970
- Type
- Gates
- OS grid reference
- SP 901 680
- Coordinates
- 52.30336, -0.67967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates and gatepiers, located approximately 5 meters north of the north porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, were built in the early 20th century by Sir Ninian Comper. The gatepiers are made of square ironstone ashlar and are connected by cast and wrought-iron gates featuring an arched overthrow. The gates include turned railing posts topped with spikes and decorated with scrollwork, with the overthrow displaying a similar design.
Local climate
Gates and Gatepiers Approximately 5 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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