Churchyard gates and piers to the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 August 2003. Gates and piers.

Churchyard gates and piers to the Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
little-render-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 August 2003
Type
Gates and piers
Address
Churchyard gates and piers to the Church of St Michael, Lower Machen, Graig
OS grid reference
ST 227 880
Coordinates
51.58592, -3.11573
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The churchyard gates and piers to the Church of St Michael date from the 19th century. They consist of two sandstone piers and twin cast-iron gates. The piers feature light tooling, a chamfered plinth, chamfered and stopped angles, and Bath stone caps that do not project, topped with large cross-gabled sections that include quatrefoils in the gables. The twin cast-iron gates are elaborately designed, with several horizontal rails: double at the top, treble at the lock-rail, a single rail across the middle of the lower part, and double at the bottom. The upper section of the gates has alternating small and large spearhead finials, while the lower part showcases an openwork pattern that is mirrored above and below the single rail.

Local climate

Churchyard gates and piers to the Church of St Michael sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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