Gatepiers and Gates at Entrance to Churchyard, Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Gatepiers, gates.
Gatepiers and Gates at Entrance to Churchyard, Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- solemn-rotunda-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Gatepiers, gates
- Address
- Gatepiers and Gates at Entrance to Churchyard, Church of the Holy Cross, Sampford Arundel
- OS grid reference
- ST 108 188
- Coordinates
- 50.96249, -3.27134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers and gates at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross were built in 1897 by Ford Brothers and Co of Wellington. They are made of cast and wrought iron. The three gatepiers are hollow cast iron, topped with pyramids and featuring a moulded cornice. Each gatepier has a square plan with a recessed pointed arch panel above a rectangular recessed panel. The main gates are large wrought iron with decorative cresting and include an attached iron plaque that reads, "These gates were given by the Parishoners in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria June 20th AD 1897." To the right, there is a pedestrian gate of similar design. Both the base of the central gatepiers and the lock plate of the main gate are inscribed with the name of the iron founders, Ford Brothers of Wellington, in raised lettering.
Local climate
Gatepiers and Gates at Entrance to Churchyard, Church of the Holy Cross 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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