Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Dwarf Walls to Christ Church Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. Gate piers and walls.
Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Dwarf Walls to Christ Church Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- grim-porch-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1983
- Type
- Gate piers and walls
- Address
- Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Dwarf Walls to Christ Church Churchyard, Christchurch Street West, Frome
- OS grid reference
- ST 773 479
- Coordinates
- 51.23007, -2.32605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two pairs of gate piers and dwarf walls to Christ Church Churchyard were built in the 1840s to 1851, likely designed by Manners and Gill. The gate piers are made of ashlar and feature square pyramidal capping with fluted front faces. They are complemented by cast iron gates that have a decorative top bar and pointed rails. The gate piers are linked by dwarf walls.
Local climate
Two Pairs of Gate Piers and Dwarf Walls to Christ Church Churchyard receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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