Gate Piers to Sawston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Gate piers.
Gate Piers to Sawston Hall
- WRENN ID
- vast-newel-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers to Sawston Hall, Church Lane
- OS grid reference
- TL 487 492
- Coordinates
- 52.12146, 0.17094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to Sawston Hall date from the mid-18th century and are made of ashlar limestone. They have a square plan with a plinth and a deep moulded cornice that is capped with ball finials. Each north face features lattice patterned shields. To the east, there is a low wall and a terminating pier, while to the west, there is a pedestrian gateway with a wall at right angles and additional terminating piers. The gate piers are complemented by 19th-century wrought iron gates. These structures and the informal gardens now occupy the site of the original north entrance and courtyard, which was noted in a survey from 1580.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Sawston Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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