Gateway, Attached Bridge and Moat Platform Retaining Wall of Bishopstone Court Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1953. Gateway, bridge, retaining wall.
Gateway, Attached Bridge and Moat Platform Retaining Wall of Bishopstone Court Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- weathered-fireplace-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1953
- Type
- Gateway, bridge, retaining wall
- OS grid reference
- SO 416 440
- Coordinates
- 52.09165, -2.85327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway, attached bridge, and moat platform retaining wall of Bishopstone Court Farmhouse date from the late 16th century, with the retaining wall from the 16th century and later, and the bridge from the 18th century. The gateway is made of dressed sandstone and is located on the outer edge of the moat east of Bishopstone Court Farmhouse. It consists of two stone piers that were once connected by a moulded arch, which has since been demolished. Each pier features pilasters with moulded bases and cornices that wrap around the piers, which are topped with pyramidal cappings that are now significantly eroded. The 18th-century bridge is constructed of coursed rubble and has a single segmental arch with a plain parapet. The retaining wall is also made of coursed rubble. The entire structure is surrounded by a water-filled moat.
Local climate
Gateway, Attached Bridge and Moat Platform Retaining Wall of Bishopstone Court Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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