Gate Piers on Drive to Bolesworth Castle from Chowley Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1984. Gate piers.

Gate Piers on Drive to Bolesworth Castle from Chowley Lodge

WRENN ID
spare-loft-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1984
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers on Drive to Bolesworth Castle from Chowley Lodge, Bolesworth Lane, Broxton
OS grid reference
SJ 493 559
Coordinates
53.09796, -2.75741
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers on the drive to Bolesworth Castle from Chowley Lodge were built in 1829 by William Cole for George Walmesley. They are made of red sandstone in a Gothick style. Each pier features a recessed trefoil above an arched sinking, flanked by blank arrow-slits on each face. The piers are topped with stone balls that sit above projecting friezes with cyma cornices.

Local climate

Gate Piers on Drive to Bolesworth Castle from Chowley Lodge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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