Churchyard Boundary Wall to Church of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1988. Boundary wall.
Churchyard Boundary Wall to Church of St Thomas
- WRENN ID
- deep-bronze-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1988
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Churchyard Boundary Wall to Church of St Thomas, St Thomas Street, Wells
- OS grid reference
- ST 555 461
- Coordinates
- 51.21313, -2.63724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard boundary wall to the Church of St Thomas, built around 1857 by SS Teulon for the Reverend George Blissett, is made of local stone rubble with ashlar dressings. The wall stands approximately 1.5 meters high and features chamfered ashlar coping. It steps up the hill on the north side. Opposite the church porch, there is a gabled gateway with ashlar quoins, offset sides, and ashlar coping with a roll-moulded apex. The gateway has a pointed arched opening with a pair of timber gates that have cusped-headed panels and long iron strap hinges. This wall enhances the setting of the church and contributes positively to the overall streetscape.
Local climate
Churchyard Boundary Wall to Church of St Thomas 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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