Pair of Gate Piers (Opposite School House) is a Grade II listed building in the Bromley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1973. Gate pier.
Pair of Gate Piers (Opposite School House)
- WRENN ID
- wild-niche-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1973
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Pair of Gate Piers (Opposite School House), Old Perry Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 453 705
- Coordinates
- 51.41501, 0.08894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of gate piers, located opposite the School House on Old Perry Street in Chislehurst, were once the entrance to Homewood House. They stand approximately 8 feet high and are constructed of stone, featuring a combination of rusticated and plain surfaces. Each pier has a frieze adorned with drapery, which is topped by a cornice and an urn.
Local climate
Pair of Gate Piers (Opposite School House) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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