Walls and Gatepiers to Former Entrance of Great Bounds is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1986. Walls, gatepiers.
Walls and Gatepiers to Former Entrance of Great Bounds
- WRENN ID
- nether-granite-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1986
- Type
- Walls, gatepiers
- Address
- Walls and Gatepiers to Former Entrance of Great Bounds, London Road, Southborough
- OS grid reference
- TQ 575 432
- Coordinates
- 51.16688, 0.25242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls and gatepiers to the former entrance of Great Bounds date from the mid-19th century. They are constructed of ashlar stone and feature a roll mould along the ridge of the pitched capping. The structure includes two stretches of wall, each 40 feet long, which are terminated at both ends by piers that have moulded ogee-pyramid capping.
Local climate
Walls and Gatepiers to Former Entrance of Great Bounds receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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