Gate-Piers 2m to West of Morval House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. A C18 Gate-piers.

Gate-Piers 2m to West of Morval House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1985
Type
Gate-piers
OS grid reference
SX 259 566
Coordinates
50.38355, -4.44933
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This listing describes a pair of gate-piers located 2 meters to the west of Morval House, dating from the 18th century. The gate-piers are made of stone rubble and have a square shape. They feature elvan capitals, moulded curved necks, and ball finials. These gate-piers are set within a stone rubble wall.

Local climate

Gate-Piers 2m to West of Morval House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 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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