Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Entrance, East of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1982. Gate piers.

Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Entrance, East of Parish Church

WRENN ID
ruined-flint-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1982
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Entrance, East of Parish Church, Brendon Road, Watchet
OS grid reference
ST 065 427
Coordinates
51.17596, -3.33833
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and gates to the churchyard entrance, located east of the parish church, date from around 1840. They consist of two octagonal gate piers made of ashlar stone, featuring moulded cappings topped with spear-headed finials. The entrance is completed with two cast-iron gates that include a central iron stay.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gates to Churchyard Entrance, East of Parish Church receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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