Archway in Garden to South of the Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Garden gateway.
Archway in Garden to South of the Priory
- WRENN ID
- under-chalk-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Garden gateway
- Address
- Archway in Garden to South of the Priory, Prior Park
- OS grid reference
- ST 763 630
- Coordinates
- 51.36588, -2.34161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The archway in the garden to the south of The Priory is a freestanding garden gateway dating from around 1750. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a plain opening without a gate or door. The gateway is supported by heavily vermiculated stone piers and a tympanum, which rests on a slight plinth and a deep plain impost band. It has a semicircular arch with a very large ashlar keystone that carries a moulded open pediment with a cyma-recta cornice, finished with plain stops. The arch and jambs have a simple drafted edge, and the design is identical on both sides of the gateway. Originally, the gateway crossed a driveway leading to the kitchen garden, but it was relocated to its current position when a new driveway was created to the north of the house in the 19th century. The overall design is heavy and has an expression reminiscent of the work of architect Vanbrugh.
Local climate
Archway in Garden to South of the Priory 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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