Gate Piers to Forecourt at Davenport House Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.

Gate Piers to Forecourt at Davenport House Farm

WRENN ID
late-vestry-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers to Forecourt at Davenport House Farm, Carr Lane, Chorley
OS grid reference
SJ 826 789
Coordinates
53.30744, -2.26174
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are a pair of gate piers dating from the 18th century, located at the forecourt of Davenport House Farm. They are made of plum brick and feature stone dressings. The piers are square in shape and topped with stone caps that have a cyma outline, which support stone balls.

Local climate

Gate Piers to Forecourt at Davenport House Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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