Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Gate Approximately 20 Metres to East of Longner Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1985. Gate piers, forecourt walls.

Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Gate Approximately 20 Metres to East of Longner Hall

WRENN ID
sacred-bracket-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 February 1985
Type
Gate piers, forecourt walls
OS grid reference
SJ 529 110
Coordinates
52.69532, -2.69801
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt walls, gate piers, and gate located approximately 20 metres to the east of Longner Hall were built around 1803, likely by the architect John Nash. Constructed from red sandstone ashlar, the structure is L-shaped and approximately 80 metres long, returning to the north-east with the gate piers. It features a moulded plinth and chamfered coping that ramps up to the west. The square piers have moulded plinths, arched-panelled sides, and pyramidal caps. The central part of each section is balustraded with 4-centred arched arcading. The solid return wall to the north-east includes a pair of octagonal gate piers with moulded plinths, battlemented pyramidal caps, and a 3-bar wooden gate between them. The grounds of Longner were landscaped by Humphry Repton around 1803-1804, and his Red Book is kept in the house.

Local climate

Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Gate Approximately 20 Metres to East of Longner Hall receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% 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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