Compton Pike is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1986. Beacon. 1 related planning application.
Compton Pike
- WRENN ID
- weathered-threshold-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1986
- Type
- Beacon
- Address
- Compton Pike, Whatcote Road, Brailes
- OS grid reference
- SP 327 415
- Coordinates
- 52.07171, -1.5231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Compton Pike is a 16th-century structure, likely built as a beacon and later used as a landmark. It is constructed from coursed squared ironstone rubble and has a square base that tapers upwards to a point, topped with a ball finial featuring an iron hook at the apex. This beacon was part of a network designed to warn of the Spanish Armada's landing. The iron hood at the top would have held either a lantern or a flaming fagot.
Local climate
Compton Pike 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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