Wall and Gateways to St James Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Wall and gateway.
Wall and Gateways to St James Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- lone-cinder-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Wall and gateway
- Address
- Wall and Gateways to St James Churchyard, Skelton
- OS grid reference
- NY 459 364
- Coordinates
- 54.7197, -2.84068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gateways to St James Churchyard were built in the mid-19th century. The wall is made of a mix of sandstone and cobble rubble, topped with chamfered coping. One of the gateways, located on the path to Hutton Hall, features dressed Penrith sandstone with engaged columns that support zigzag caps and a round neo-Norman arch. This gateway also displays a pendant coat-of-arms belonging to the Fletcher-Vane family. There is a plain stone gateway opposite the west entrance to the church. The wall encloses the churchyard on all four sides and includes three inscriptions set into it.
Local climate
Wall and Gateways to St James Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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