Gate Piers and Wall at Entrance to Friary Close to North is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1971. Gate piers and wall.

Gate Piers and Wall at Entrance to Friary Close to North

WRENN ID
floating-parapet-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1971
Type
Gate piers and wall
Address
Gate Piers and Wall at Entrance to Friary Close to North, Friary Lane
OS grid reference
SU 862 045
Coordinates
50.83434, -0.77606
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and wall at the entrance to Friary Close, dating from the 19th century, are constructed from knapped flint with brick quoins. There are four gate piers, each topped with stone capping that supports figures of birds, possibly eagles. The walls are approximately 7 feet high and made of stone rubble and flint, also featuring brick quoins and coping.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Wall at Entrance to Friary Close to North receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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