Entrance Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls to Churchyard, Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Gates and walls.
Entrance Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls to Churchyard, Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- old-turret-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gates and walls
- Address
- Entrance Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls to Churchyard, Church of St James, Ashwick
- OS grid reference
- ST 637 483
- Coordinates
- 51.23351, -2.5212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gates, gate piers, and flanking walls to the churchyard of the Church of St James were built in 1881. They feature a pair of wrought iron gates, each adorned with a foliate head on its rails. The gate piers are made of plain Doulting ashlar and include a lamp overthrow, with the lamp still intact. On either side of the gates, there are short sections of rubble wall, each measuring 3 metres long, topped with panels of cast-iron railings.
Local climate
Entrance Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls to Churchyard, Church of St James receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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