Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Gates at Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1986. Garden wall, gate pier, gate.
Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Gates at Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- sharp-timber-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1986
- Type
- Garden wall, gate pier, gate
- Address
- Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Gates at Old Rectory, Main Street, Frolesworth
- OS grid reference
- SP 503 906
- Coordinates
- 52.51149, -1.26006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall, gate piers, and gates at the Old Rectory date from the 18th century. The structure features a brick buttressed wall topped with shallow pyramidal stone copings that curves up to connect with brick gate piers. These gate piers have moulded stone copings and acorn finials. The entrance is adorned with fine wrought iron gates that include an over-arch.
Local climate
Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Gates at Old Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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