Gate Piers at Entrance of Drive to Rockcliffe House is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Gate piers.
Gate Piers at Entrance of Drive to Rockcliffe House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-crypt-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1984
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers at Entrance of Drive to Rockcliffe House, Newchurch Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 864 220
- Coordinates
- 53.69458, -2.20688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the entrance of the drive to Rockcliffe House were likely built around 1890. They are made of sandstone ashlar and consist of six square-section piers, each approximately 3 meters high. The four central piers frame the main and side gateways, although the gates are currently missing. These central piers are connected to the outer piers by a curved wall that once supported railings, which are also now absent. The piers feature vermiculated bands and dentilled caps with segmental-headed faces, all of which are elaborately carved and unique. The round-topped finials on top of the piers have recessed fanlight-carved faces, but the finials are missing from the innermost pair.
Local climate
Gate Piers at Entrance of Drive to Rockcliffe House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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