Gate Piers at Entrance to Knights House is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1973. Gate piers.

Gate Piers at Entrance to Knights House

WRENN ID
slow-gateway-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1973
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers at Entrance to Knights House, Roby Mill, Up Holland
OS grid reference
SD 517 073
Coordinates
53.56097, -2.72987
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers at the entrance to Knights House are a pair of structures, likely dating from the early 18th century. They are made of sandstone ashlar and designed in a classical style. Each pier is approximately 0.5 meters square and about 3 meters high, featuring a moulded plinth, a prominent moulded cornice, and an urn finial adorned with gadrooning. These gate piers form a group with Knights House. Notably, the north pier has been recently moved slightly further north.

Local climate

Gate Piers at Entrance to Knights House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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