Gate Piers to Mere Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1999. Gate piers.

Gate Piers to Mere Hall

WRENN ID
crumbling-vestry-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1999
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers to Mere Hall, Merehall Street
OS grid reference
SD 710 100
Coordinates
53.5861, -2.43927
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers to Mere Hall, built in 1890, are made of stone with polished granite dressings and painted bronze tablets. These piers feature chamfered stone with recessed traceried panels and chamfered pyramidal caps. Inscriptions on the piers commemorate the establishment of the museum in Mere Hall, while low relief tablets display the symbol of the municipality of Bolton.

Local climate

Gate Piers to Mere Hall 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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