Pair of Gate Piers at East Entrance to Cross Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1987. A Georgian Gate piers.

Pair of Gate Piers at East Entrance to Cross Farmhouse

WRENN ID
endless-bonework-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1987
Type
Gate piers
Period
Georgian
Address
Pair of Gate Piers at East Entrance to Cross Farmhouse, Botusfleming
OS grid reference
SX 398 619
Coordinates
50.43525, -4.25676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of gate piers located at the east entrance to Cross Farmhouse, dating from the 18th century. They are made of granite and consist of two monolith piers that stand approximately 1.5 meters high. Each pier has a square plan, features convex necking, and is topped with ball finials.

Local climate

Pair of Gate Piers at East Entrance to Cross Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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