Walls, Four Pairs of Gate Piers and Gates,Fountain and 2 Flights of Steps,Surrounding Garden to South of Combe Grove Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. Garden feature.

Walls, Four Pairs of Gate Piers and Gates,Fountain and 2 Flights of Steps,Surrounding Garden to South of Combe Grove Hotel

WRENN ID
long-jamb-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
Garden feature
Address
Walls, Four Pairs of Gate Piers and Gates,Fountain and 2 Flights of Steps,Surrounding Garden to South of Combe Grove Hotel, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe
OS grid reference
ST 772 624
Coordinates
51.36064, -2.32861
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure consists of walls, four pairs of gate piers and gates, a fountain, and two flights of steps, surrounding the garden to the south of Combe Grove Hotel. It was probably built in the mid-19th century.

The walls are made of ashlar and are approximately four feet high, featuring a plain and arcaded parapet, moulded coping, and panelled and plain pedestals at intervals. The wall runs along the front of the south elevation of Combe Grove Hotel and steps up at the east end to a pair of tall, rusticated gate piers that mark the entrance to the drive. A small section of wall continues from the north-east pier.

There is a central flight of 14 steps with an arcaded balustrade that leads up to the south door of the house, with two small pairs of gate piers located at the west and east ends of the house. At the west end of the garden, the wall curves around and continues for approximately 100 yards along the south side of the garden. A central flight of steps leads down to a lower garden, and at the top of these steps is a fountain featuring triple scalloped bowls and an irregular hexagonal base, surrounded by two low quadrant walls.

Local climate

Walls, Four Pairs of Gate Piers and Gates,Fountain and 2 Flights of Steps,Surrounding Garden to South of Combe Grove Hotel receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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