Pair of Gatepiers at Junction with Road to Claverton Down is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. Gatepier.

Pair of Gatepiers at Junction with Road to Claverton Down

WRENN ID
mired-buttress-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1956
Type
Gatepier
Address
Pair of Gatepiers at Junction with Road to Claverton Down, Warminster Road
OS grid reference
ST 789 638
Coordinates
51.37371, -2.30437
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of gatepiers, located at the junction with the road to Claverton Down, were formerly the entrance to the carriageway of the Old Manor House, which has since been demolished. They date from the early to mid 17th century and are constructed from square ashlar stone. Each gatepier stands approximately 12 feet high and features moulded caps topped with open obelisk finials.

Local climate

Pair of Gatepiers at Junction with Road to Claverton Down 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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