Gateway at Entrance to Churchyard Opposite West Doorway of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Gateway.
Gateway at Entrance to Churchyard Opposite West Doorway of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- muffled-kitchen-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway at Entrance to Churchyard Opposite West Doorway of Church of St James, Church Lane, Kingsbury Episcopi, South Somerset
- OS grid reference
- ST 431 186
- Coordinates
- 50.96478, -2.81095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway at the entrance to the churchyard opposite the west doorway of the Church of St. James is a mid-19th century structure. It features a pair of square ashlar piers topped with pyramid caps, and a pair of wrought-iron gates adorned with spear ornamentation. There is also a lamp overthrow with decorative scrollwork and an original lantern-case, although the internal works are missing.
Local climate
Gateway at Entrance to Churchyard Opposite West Doorway of Church of St James receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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