Gatepiers at North East Corner of Abbey Precinct is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1951. Gate piers.

Gatepiers at North East Corner of Abbey Precinct

WRENN ID
crumbling-lintel-sable
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 July 1951
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gatepiers at North East Corner of Abbey Precinct, Wereham Road, West Dereham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
OS grid reference
TF 662 008
Coordinates
52.57995, 0.45293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers at the north-east corner of the Abbey Precinct date from 1697 and are constructed from ashlar and rendered brick, topped with plain tiled roofs. Each pier has a square section and stands on an ashlar plinth. The east faces feature apsidal-headed recessed niches with block imposts and keystones. They are adorned with a wide overhanging moulded cornice and have low hipped roofs. The brick walls, which are partly rendered, sweep to the right and left to form the parapet of a bridge.

Local climate

Gatepiers at North East Corner of Abbey Precinct 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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