Entrance Gateway and East and North Boundary Walls to Churchyard, Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Gateway.

Entrance Gateway and East and North Boundary Walls to Churchyard, Christ Church

WRENN ID
sacred-terrace-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
Gateway
Address
Entrance Gateway and East and North Boundary Walls to Churchyard, Christ Church, Main Road, Long Load
OS grid reference
ST 465 231
Coordinates
51.00533, -2.76337
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The entrance gateway and boundary walls to the churchyard of Christ Church were built between 1854 and 1856 by C. E. Giles. They are constructed from Ham stone and lias, featuring cast iron gates. The low stone wall to the east is made of cut and squared lias stone with angled Ham stone copings, which increase in height on the north side due to the drop in levels. The entrance gateway is located in the center of the east wall and includes panelled cast iron pillars adorned with strapwork decoration and deeply moulded knob tops. The pair of small gates has small circles on the bottom rail, X-braces with rosettes on the upper middle rail, which also features barbed spearpoints, a top rail, and scrollwork above, along with a central spearpoint. There is a simple wrought-iron overthrow with a bracket for a lamp and angled braces. This structure contributes to the setting of Christ Church and enhances the street scene on a prominent corner site in the middle of the village.

Local climate

Entrance Gateway and East and North Boundary Walls to Churchyard, Christ Church receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Harnesses Grade II 18 m
  2. Maddisons Grade II 27 m
  3. Manor Farm Cottage Grade II 39 m
  4. Christ Church Grade II 47 m
  5. Manor Farmhouse Grade II 50 m
  6. Rose Cottage Grade II 93 m
  7. Duchess Cottage Grade II 103 m
  8. Melbury Farmhouse Grade II 109 m
  9. Bay Cottage Grade II 186 m
  10. Berry Farmhouse Grade II 198 m