Portion of South Boundary Wall with Gateway 20 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence, and Adjoining Whirligig is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Boundary wall.
Portion of South Boundary Wall with Gateway 20 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence, and Adjoining Whirligig
- WRENN ID
- riven-chimney-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Boundary wall
- OS grid reference
- ST 755 277
- Coordinates
- 51.04854, -2.35065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a portion of the south boundary wall with a gateway, located 20 metres south of the Church of St Lawrence, and it adjoins a whirligig. The wall dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of local stone coursed rubble with ashlar piers. The average height of the wall is about 2 metres, and it returns westward. The gate piers are approximately 500 millimetres square and made of plain ashlar, featuring slightly moulded tops. There is a plain iron rod arch linking the piers, which also serves as a lamp bracket. The heavy wrought iron gate has barbed arrowhead spikes. To the west, there is a timber whirligig with a plain post and a cruciform horizontal wheel. This structure is in a prominent position and is important for the setting of the Church of St Lawrence and Church House.
Local climate
Portion of South Boundary Wall with Gateway 20 Metres South of Church of St Lawrence, and Adjoining Whirligig receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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