Pair of Gate Piers at Astley Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1966. Gate piers.
Pair of Gate Piers at Astley Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- endless-frieze-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles MP: Michael Wheeler (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1966
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Pair of Gate Piers at Astley Vicarage, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 699 007
- Coordinates
- 53.50264, -2.45422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pair of gate piers at Astley Vicarage dates from the 18th century and are made of stone. They are square and rusticated, featuring moulded bases and caps, although one of the caps is missing. The original timber gate has been replaced.
Local climate
Pair of Gate Piers at Astley Vicarage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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