Forecourt Walls, Gates, Gate Piers and Terrace Retaining Wall Adjoining the Old Manor House to the East is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1960. Gate piers and walls.

Forecourt Walls, Gates, Gate Piers and Terrace Retaining Wall Adjoining the Old Manor House to the East

WRENN ID
idle-moat-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1960
Type
Gate piers and walls
OS grid reference
SJ 536 246
Coordinates
52.81699, -2.6887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt walls, gates, gate piers, and terrace retaining wall adjoining The Old Manor House to the east date from around 1700 and are constructed of grey sandstone ashlar. These walls create three sides of the entrance forecourt to The Old Manor House. They feature a chamfered plinth and chamfered coping, with the walls ramping up to one corner and stepping up to the terrace.

At the center, there are two square gate piers, each with moulded plinths, chamfered rustication, a moulded cornice, and a stepped cap topped with a globe finial. The flanking walls are steeply ramped and adorned with carved scrolls and husk drops. The pair of wrought-iron gates includes dog rails, spearhead dog bars, railings, and curved braces.

The terrace retaining wall has a rounded top and includes a central flight of nine stone steps flanked by curved walls, which show evidence of former railings in the coping. The recesses in the forecourt side walls suggest that the terrace retaining wall may have originally been higher or that it once had railings.

Local climate

Forecourt Walls, Gates, Gate Piers and Terrace Retaining Wall Adjoining the Old Manor House to the East 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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