Gatepiers and Gates to Whitehaven is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. Gatepiers, gates.

Gatepiers and Gates to Whitehaven

WRENN ID
winter-quartz-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1956
Type
Gatepiers, gates
Address
Gatepiers and Gates to Whitehaven, Bathford Hill, BA1 7SP
OS grid reference
ST 790 669
Coordinates
51.40091, -2.30187
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatepiers and gates to Whitehaven, located off Bathford Hill in Bathford, date from the mid-18th century. They are constructed from rusticated ashlar and feature moulded caps. At the top of the gatepiers, there are wreaths and crests, which possibly depict a heraldic wolf.

Local climate

Gatepiers and Gates to Whitehaven 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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