Pair of Gatepiers on Drive, Approximately 30 Metres North of Town Head is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Gatepiers.
Pair of Gatepiers on Drive, Approximately 30 Metres North of Town Head
- WRENN ID
- long-rafter-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- SD 757 395
- Coordinates
- 53.85148, -2.36999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of gatepiers located on the drive, approximately 30 metres north of Town Head. They date from the early 18th century and are constructed from sandstone ashlar. Each gatepier has a square plan and features Tuscan pilasters on the north and south sides, topped with a cyma cornice. Each gatepier is finished with an acorn finial that is bisected by an abacus.
Local climate
Pair of Gatepiers on Drive, Approximately 30 Metres North of Town Head sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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