Gate Piers, Gates and Walls to Churchyard of Unitarian Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. Gate piers, gates, walls. 4 related planning applications.
Gate Piers, Gates and Walls to Churchyard of Unitarian Church
- WRENN ID
- silent-brass-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1976
- Type
- Gate piers, gates, walls
- Address
- Gate Piers, Gates and Walls to Churchyard of Unitarian Church, East Street, Ilminster
- OS grid reference
- ST 362 145
- Coordinates
- 50.92688, -2.9082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These gate piers, gates, and walls form the entrance to the churchyard of the Unitarian Church, dating from 1913. The gate piers are constructed from rough ashlar Ham Hill stone, featuring plain square shafts, projecting moulded cornices, and plain square caps. Wrought-iron gates are present, with double gates to the west side of the churchyard and two single gates to the north, leading toward the schoolroom. The gates have long and short railings passing through crossed bars, and fleur-de-lys-style tops on the longer railings. One gate from the main entrance has been detached and lies on the ground. The churchyard is enclosed by walls built of limestone rubble, topped with Ham Hill stone copings.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Gates and Walls to Churchyard of Unitarian Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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