Gate Piers, Gates, and Railings to Churchyard Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1969. Gate piers and railings.
Gate Piers, Gates, and Railings to Churchyard Entrance
- WRENN ID
- calm-basalt-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1969
- Type
- Gate piers and railings
- Address
- Gate Piers, Gates, and Railings to Churchyard Entrance, Kirkland, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 516 921
- Coordinates
- 54.32249, -2.74555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, gates, and railings at the churchyard entrance were erected in 1822. The gate piers are made of rusticated stone and are square in shape, featuring moulded bases and topped with stone urns on corniced caps. The wrought-iron gates have panelled gateposts adorned with open scrollwork decoration, and the top and lock rails are similarly decorated. The wrought-iron railings stand approximately 4 feet high and are supported by a single course of masonry, with square-section spearhead standards set diagonally. Fleur-de-lis finials separate the sections of the railings. Both the railings and gates are painted black, with some decorative elements of the gates highlighted in red and gold. This structure is part of the churchyard group.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Gates, and Railings to Churchyard Entrance sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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