Gate Piers Opposite South Front 40 Metres North of Observatory Pond is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. Gate pier.
Gate Piers Opposite South Front 40 Metres North of Observatory Pond
- WRENN ID
- hidden-finial-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- Gate pier
- OS grid reference
- SD 691 389
- Coordinates
- 53.84577, -2.47044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of gate piers located approximately 40 metres north of the Observatory pond in Aighton, Bailey & Stonyhurst, dating from around 1700 or derived from that period. The piers are constructed from sandstone ashlar and have a square section. They feature broken segmental pediments adorned with urns and festoons.
Local climate
Gate Piers Opposite South Front 40 Metres North of Observatory Pond sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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