Two Pillars is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 2002. Gate piers.
Two Pillars
- WRENN ID
- vast-jade-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 2002
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Two Pillars, Ashley Court Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 597 749
- Coordinates
- 51.47191, -2.58158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two Pillars are a pair of gate piers that once served the now-lost house of Ashley Court, dating from the early to mid-18th century. Made of Bath Stone by an unknown mason, the tall piers stand approximately 6 meters high. They feature rusticated plinths and a smooth ashlar upper section capped with a decorative element. Later Victorian additions include the incised inscription of "ASHLEY COURT" and cartouche-bearing lions placed on top of the piers. The rear sides of the piers have arched semi-circular recesses. Historically, these gate piers are associated with a house owned by the Hooke family in the mid-18th century. The site was redeveloped into suburban housing in the mid-19th century, leaving these impressive piers as remnants of the former elaborate garden layout of the house.
Local climate
Two Pillars receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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