Wall to Churchyard Including Gateway with Piers and Gates, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. A Victorian Churchyard, gateway.
Wall to Churchyard Including Gateway with Piers and Gates, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- other-dormer-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Churchyard, gateway
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Wall to Churchyard Including Gateway with Piers and Gates, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Main Road, Westonzoyland
- OS grid reference
- ST 351 348
- Coordinates
- 51.10894, -2.92732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall surrounding the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, built in the 19th century, includes a gateway with piers and gates. This continuous wall encloses the churchyard on the north, south, east, and west sides and is made of coursed and squared rubble, with some sections featuring cement capping and stone capping on the western side and along the Main Road frontage. The gateway is located opposite the church's south doorway and consists of paired squared rubble piers topped with moulded freestone caps. It also features a wrought-iron lamp overthrow with a later lamp and a pair of ornamental wrought-iron gates. Historically, this churchyard was the site where several of Monmouth's rebels were hanged after the Battle of Sedgemoor on July 6, 1685, and 16 of the King's men were buried either in the Church of St Mary the Virgin or in the churchyard.
Local climate
Wall to Churchyard Including Gateway with Piers and Gates, Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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