Pair of Gate Piers and Walls Extending Around Bunny Park is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1986. Gate piers and walls.

Pair of Gate Piers and Walls Extending Around Bunny Park

WRENN ID
noble-rood-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1986
Type
Gate piers and walls
Address
Pair of Gate Piers and Walls Extending Around Bunny Park, Wysall Road
OS grid reference
SK 596 301
Coordinates
52.86537, -1.11573
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of gate piers and walls, dating from the early 18th century, were designed and built for Sir Thomas Parkyns of Bunny Hall. The structure features red brick, with some blue brick and ashlar elements. The gate piers, located on Wysall Road, consist of a single pair that rise in two stages, with the lower stage projecting from the upper one, separated by a chamfered ashlar dividing band. Each stage includes a single round-arched niche, and the top stage has recessed ashlar panels. The piers are topped with stepped brick leading to ashlar coping, which is adorned with single ashlar pineapple finials.

Flanking the piers are ashlar-coped brick walls that slope down to meet a wall approximately 2 meters high, which encircles Bunny Park and is built on segmental arches. The wall extends about a quarter of a mile north from the right pier and half a mile west, while from the left pier it extends a quarter of a mile south before curving and continuing for another half mile west, ending in another pair of red brick gate piers. The wall has several gateways and some areas of damage. On the east side, there is a small seated shelter built into the wall. This wall was constructed to enclose the Park of Bunny Hall, which underwent significant improvements and rebuilding under Sir Thomas Parkyns Bart. (circa 1662-1741).

Local climate

Pair of Gate Piers and Walls Extending Around Bunny Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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