Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Mounting Block at Old Astwood Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. A C17 Garden wall, gateway.

Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Mounting Block at Old Astwood Farmhouse

WRENN ID
keen-rafter-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Garden wall, gateway
Address
Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Mounting Block at Old Astwood Farmhouse, Astwood Lane, Hanbury
OS grid reference
SO 934 650
Coordinates
52.28394, -2.09797
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall, gate piers, and mounting block at Old Astwood Farmhouse date from the mid-17th century and are constructed of sandstone ashlar. The wall stands approximately four feet high and encloses the garden to the west, north, and east. The west side features square piers that have chamfered plinths, moulded cornices, and pyramidal capping, topped with large ball finials. At the rear of the north section of the west wall, there is a mounting block with four steps.

Local climate

Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Mounting Block at Old Astwood Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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