Screen and Gates at Entrance to Forecourt of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Screen and gates. 1 related planning application.

Screen and Gates at Entrance to Forecourt of Church of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
winding-cellar-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Screen and gates
Address
Screen and Gates at Entrance to Forecourt of Church of St John the Baptist, Bath Street, Frome, BA11 1DJ
OS grid reference
ST 776 479
Coordinates
51.23007, -2.32137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The screen and gates at the entrance to the forecourt of the Church of St John the Baptist were built in 1814 and designed by architect Jeffery Wyatt, also known as Wyatville. This Tudor Gothic structure features a five-arched stone screen with pinnacles and buttresses. The central arch is taller and includes tracery, while the spandrels are panelled, and there are pinnacles along the parapet. The main arch has gates, and there are pitched paths leading to subsidiary gates. This entrance leads to a paved area in front of the west end of the Parish Church.

Local climate

Screen and Gates at Entrance to Forecourt of Church of St John the Baptist 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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