Gate Piers and Garden Walls to Front of Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1955. Gate-piers and garden walls.
Gate Piers and Garden Walls to Front of Manor House
- WRENN ID
- little-flagstone-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1955
- Type
- Gate-piers and garden walls
- Address
- Gate Piers and Garden Walls to Front of Manor House, Thorpe by Water
- OS grid reference
- SP 893 964
- Coordinates
- 52.55875, -0.68397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and garden walls at the front of the Manor House date from around 1691. The pair of gate piers are made of rusticated limestone ashlar and are square in plan, featuring side pilasters, moulded bases, cornices, and ball finials. The rustication of the piers matches the quoins of the 1691 wing of the house. It is noted that the piers were likely moved in the 20th century from a previous location nearby. The garden walls may be of a later date, but the wall on the right includes some masonry from the demolished 16th to 17th century front wing of the house. The walls are constructed of coursed limestone rubble with flat stone coping, and they ramp up to the piers. A short return at the right end still shows the moulded stone jambs of a former fireplace.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Garden Walls to Front of Manor House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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