Walling, Gatepiers and Gates to South-West Side of Churchyard, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Wall. 3 related planning applications.
Walling, Gatepiers and Gates to South-West Side of Churchyard, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- inner-arch-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Walling, Gatepiers and Gates to South-West Side of Churchyard, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Croscombe, BA5 3QS
- OS grid reference
- ST 590 444
- Coordinates
- 51.19735, -2.58762
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walling, gate piers, and gates on the south-west side of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin date from the mid to late 19th century and incorporate earlier remains. The rubble wall is approximately 2 meters high and extends 37 meters along the east side of Church Street, featuring a dressed coping. At the center of the wall, opposite the west door of the church, there is a gateway with dressed stone piers that have bold fluting and low domed caps, along with paired elaborate wrought-iron gates topped with spear capping. There is an additional section of wall, about one and a half meters high, extending 20 meters to the east along the south side of the churchyard. Each end of this section has a pair of gate piers; the western piers are made of dressed stone and incorporate some foiled tracery, with flat copings, while the gateway in this section is blocked by a stone slab. The eastern end has further similar piers and a pair of elaborate wrought-iron gates with spear capping.
Local climate
Walling, Gatepiers and Gates to South-West Side of Churchyard, Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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