Southern Gate Pier at Number 16 is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1971. Gate pier.
Southern Gate Pier at Number 16
- WRENN ID
- narrow-ashlar-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1971
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Southern Gate Pier at Number 16, Bridge Street, Thetford
- OS grid reference
- TL 868 830
- Coordinates
- 52.41389, 0.746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The southern gate pier at Number 16 is an early 19th-century structure made of whitewashed brick. It has a square section and features a ball finial on top. This gate pier is included for its group value with the surrounding structures.
Local climate
Southern Gate Pier at Number 16 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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