2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Wall Adjoining Piers at South Side of Carriageway to South of Tonacombe Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.
2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Wall Adjoining Piers at South Side of Carriageway to South of Tonacombe Manor
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-brass-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- OS grid reference
- SS 209 144
- Coordinates
- 50.90205, -4.54797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two pairs of gate piers and a garden wall located on the south side of the carriageway, south of Tonacombe Manor. The wall was likely rebuilt in the 18th century but may have earlier origins, while the gate piers date from the 18th century. The garden wall is made of stone rubble and has a coping, while the gate piers are constructed from ashlar. Each pair of gate piers is square in section and positioned at the west and east ends of the carriageway, known as "the street," just south of Tonacombe Manor. The gate piers rest on moulded plinths and feature moulded cornices, with pilasters that end in moulded carved consoles on the inner sides. The eastern gate piers are topped with the Waddon falcon. It is suggested that these gate piers may have originally come from Stowe, the Grenville house in Kilkhampton, which was dismantled around 1739.
Local climate
2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Wall Adjoining Piers at South Side of Carriageway to South of Tonacombe Manor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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