Two gate piers with vases and wall is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Gate piers and wall.
Two gate piers with vases and wall
- WRENN ID
- sunken-mortar-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Gate piers and wall
- Address
- Two gate piers with vases and wall, Portland Place, Whittlesey, PE7 1SB
- OS grid reference
- TL 270 968
- Coordinates
- 52.55503, -0.12703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two gate piers with vases and a wall, dating from the late 17th century. They are made of dressed limestone. The gate piers are square and feature a rebate for gates, topped with a moulded cornice. Each pier has a large vase on top, which has a carved rim and bowl. The left pier has a short section of wall attached, also made of dressed limestone, with its original gabled coping. These piers and wall are linked to Portland House in Whittlesey, which was demolished after a fire around 1950.
Local climate
Two gate piers with vases and wall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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