Railings and Gates to Churchyard of the Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1975. Church, gate, railing.
Railings and Gates to Churchyard of the Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- quartered-tallow-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1975
- Type
- Church, gate, railing
- Address
- Railings and Gates to Churchyard of the Church of St James, St James Street, Taunton
- OS grid reference
- ST 228 248
- Coordinates
- 51.01757, -3.10143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings and gates to the churchyard of the Church of St James, likely from the early 19th century, are located on the north side of St James Street. The churchyard wall extends from the west tower and features iron railings with a spear motif on the uprights, divided by sections that have an urn motif. These railings are supported by a low red brick wall with plain pilaster buttresses. The main gate leading to the south porch is notable for its elaborate cast iron cresting, which forms an ogee shape with intersecting tracery and trefoils. The double gates include circles with scrollwork and an urn motif on top. There is another similar gate towards the east end of the church, also featuring ogee cresting. The Church of St James and its railings and gates together form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Railings and Gates to Churchyard of the Church of St James receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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