Two gate piers associated with the former Bolton Lodge in Rivington Gardens at SD 6405 1394 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2013. Gate piers.
Two gate piers associated with the former Bolton Lodge in Rivington Gardens at SD 6405 1394
- WRENN ID
- brooding-finial-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 2013
- Type
- Gate piers
- OS grid reference
- SD 640 139
- Coordinates
- 53.62084, -2.54509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two gate piers, formerly associated with Bolton Lodge, were built around 1902 to a design by Thomas Mawson for Lord Leverhulme. They are located on either side of the Upper Drive, near where it branches off from Belmont Road. The piers are made of gritstone in a rustic style, have a circular plan, and stand approximately 2 meters tall. Each pier is topped by a dome that rests on an overhanging course.
Local climate
Two gate piers associated with the former Bolton Lodge in Rivington Gardens at SD 6405 1394 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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