The Churchyard Gates and Boundary Walls to North and West, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Boundary wall and gates.
The Churchyard Gates and Boundary Walls to North and West, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- dark-stronghold-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Boundary wall and gates
- Address
- The Churchyard Gates and Boundary Walls to North and West, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Street, Wincanton
- OS grid reference
- ST 710 285
- Coordinates
- 51.05522, -2.4138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchyard gates and boundary walls to the north and west of the Church of St Peter and St Paul were built in 1818. They are constructed from local stone rubble, mostly cut and squared, with ashlar piers and wrought iron gates. The northeast gateway, which is the closest to the town, is grander than the others, featuring gate piers that are about 600 millimeters square. These piers have rusticated ashlar plinths, moulded flat caps, and Adam style urns as finials. The gates are adorned with barbed spear points on their curved tops and Greek key ornamentation on the middle rails. The central piers of this gateway are approximately 3 meters high, while the outer piers stand at about 2.5 meters. The northwest gate is similar in detail but smaller in scale. The southwest gate has plain ashlar piers that are about 400 millimeters wide and 2 meters high, topped with moulded pyramidal caps. The gates here feature plain points on the rails, with a quatrefoil design in the middle rails and applied curves on the top rail. The linking walls vary in height due to the slope of the ground but average around 1.5 meters, with tops finished in cement flaunching. This structure is an essential part of the street scene around the church and dates from the extension and enclosure of the churchyard in 1818. Only the northeast gateway was previously listed.
Local climate
The Churchyard Gates and Boundary Walls to North and West, Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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