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
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.
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