Gateway and Wall Surrounding Churchyard of Former Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1981. Gateway, wall.
Gateway and Wall Surrounding Churchyard of Former Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1981
- Type
- Gateway, wall
- Address
- Gateway and Wall Surrounding Churchyard of Former Church of St Michael, Gare Hill, Trudoxhill
- OS grid reference
- ST 779 402
- Coordinates
- 51.16088, -2.3164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and wall surrounding the churchyard of the former Church of St Michael were built around 1857 by William Butterfield for the Duke of Somerset. The wall is constructed of limestone rubble and features dressed coping, varying in height from one metre in the south to eight metres in the north, where it serves as a retaining wall for the churchyard. The gateway, located at the southeastern corner, includes a pointed archway set in an ashlar surround, with buttresses and coping that ends in an elaborate finial.
Local climate
Gateway and Wall Surrounding Churchyard of Former Church of St Michael 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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