Gate Piers at North West End of Avenue Gate Piers to Former Gounds of Arwenack Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. A C18 Gate pier. 1 related planning application.
Gate Piers at North West End of Avenue Gate Piers to Former Gounds of Arwenack Manor
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-mantel-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1949
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Gate Piers at North West End of Avenue Gate Piers to Former Gounds of Arwenack Manor, Grove Place, Falmouth
- OS grid reference
- SW 810 324
- Coordinates
- 50.15125, -5.06648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the northwest end of Arwenack Avenue date from around 1700 and mark the entrance to the former grounds of Arwenack Manor. They are constructed of faced rubble with freestone dressings, topped with granite capstones and ball finials. The piers are square in plan and flank a former narrow carriageway. They feature stepped plinths at the front, a moulded entablature, and pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Gate Piers at North West End of Avenue Gate Piers to Former Gounds of Arwenack Manor 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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