Two Gate Piers Flanking War Memorial (Originally Included in the Castle Garden) is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1969. Gate piers.

Two Gate Piers Flanking War Memorial (Originally Included in the Castle Garden)

WRENN ID
stony-floor-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1969
Type
Gate piers
Address
Two Gate Piers Flanking War Memorial (Originally Included in the Castle Garden), Museum Square, Wisbech
OS grid reference
TF 461 095
Coordinates
52.66421, 0.15957
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The two gate piers flanking the war memorial, originally part of the Castle Garden, date from around 1656. They are constructed of rusticated limestone and feature a deeply moulded cornice at the top, capped with ball finials. The piers were relocated to their current position at the boundary of the garden by Joseph Medworth around 1800. This information is documented in G. Annis's "A History of Wisbech Castle" from 1977 and in measured drawings by R. Walker from 1983.

Local climate

Two Gate Piers Flanking War Memorial (Originally Included in the Castle Garden) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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