Retaining walls, steps, gate-piers and gates to churchyard at Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 February 1996. Retaining wall.
Retaining walls, steps, gate-piers and gates to churchyard at Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- seventh-joist-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1996
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining walls, steps, gate-piers and gates to churchyard at Church of St Mary, Welshpool
- OS grid reference
- SJ 225 076
- Coordinates
- 52.6609, -3.14664
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The retaining walls, steps, gate-piers, and gates to the churchyard at the Church of St Mary were likely rebuilt around 1830 when the road level was changed. New steps leading from Church Street were added in 1877, designed by Mr Hurst, the borough surveyor, and funded by public subscription. The cast-iron gates at all entrances to the churchyard share a similar style and were probably installed at the same time as the new steps.
The retaining walls are made of roughly coursed and squared rubble, featuring a slight batter and buttresses. The steps from Church Street include ashlar gate piers with ornate cast-iron gates at their base, along with cast-iron rails. Similar gates can be found at the entrances on Red Bank and Union Street. Additionally, there is a cast-iron lamp base mounted on a pier at the Union Street gate, making this a prominent feature of the approach to the church.
Local climate
Retaining walls, steps, gate-piers and gates to churchyard at Church of St Mary receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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