Entrance Gates and Railings at Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Blaenau Gwent local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Gate. 1 related planning application.
Entrance Gates and Railings at Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- western-dormer-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney MP: Nick Smith (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1999
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- Entrance Gates and Railings at Christ Church, Ebbw Vale
- OS grid reference
- SO 168 088
- Coordinates
- 51.77218, -3.20687
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The entrance gates and railings at Christ Church date from the 20th century and are located immediately northwest of the church, extending to the southwest corner of the churchyard. The tall and intricately detailed railings are set on a single course of rock-faced limestone blocks. They run north to south in twelve bays, separated by thick square-section posts that feature leafy capitals and tall moulded finials rising from acanthus-leaf bases. The rails are cruciform in section and are positioned on an elevated sill-rail. The top rail has a subsidiary horizontal rail below it, with alternating fleur-de-lis and taller three-lobe foliage finials. At the southern end, there are a pair of rock-faced limestone piers with plinths and chamfered angles, topped with heavy limestone copings that have cardinal gablets adorned with blind trefoils. The paired iron gates match the design of the railings.
Local climate
Entrance Gates and Railings at Christ Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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