Gateway and Gate at North West Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Gateway. 1 related planning application.
Gateway and Gate at North West Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- gilded-window-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway and Gate at North West Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St Mary, West Street, Bishop's Lydeard
- OS grid reference
- ST 167 298
- Coordinates
- 51.06174, -3.18939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century gateway providing access to the churchyard of St Mary's Church from West Street. Constructed of red sandstone ashlar with white limestone dressings, the gateway stands approximately 3 metres high. It features a single arched opening with a flat top. The right side of the cornice is damaged. The quoins and surround to the opening are rusticated, and there's a white limestone archivolt with chamfered corners to both the archivolt and jambs. A keystone and white limestone plinth are also present. The wrought iron gate is arched to fit the opening, featuring simple uprights, one of which is damaged. A similar doorway is located in the adjacent wall across West Street.
Local climate
Gateway and Gate at North West Entrance to Churchyard, Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Gateway to Churchyard of St Mary and St Aldhelms Abbey Church
- 2 Sudeley Castle, Gateway About 20 Metres North of Church of St Mary
- 3 North Gate and Adjoining Boundary Wall of Churchyard of St Mary
- 4 Gateway to Old Rectory on South Side of Church, East End of Chancel
- 5 Gateway 19 Metres West of Church of All Saints
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Market Cross (Remains Of) in Churchyard, Church of St Mary
- Wall and Gatepiers Fronting Road, Lydeard House
- Church of St Mary
- Cross in Churchyard, Church of St Mary
- Wall Enclosing Raised Garden to North and East of Lydeard House
- Almshouses and Raised Footway and Retaining Wall
- 25, Church Street
- The Gardeners Arms
- Bishop's Lydeard War Memorial
- Watts Lodge