Pair of Gate Piers at the East Entrance to the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. Gate pier. 1 related planning application.
Pair of Gate Piers at the East Entrance to the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-obsidian-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1988
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Pair of Gate Piers at the East Entrance to the Old Rectory, Bridge Hill, St. Columb Major, TR9 6BY
- OS grid reference
- SW 914 638
- Coordinates
- 50.43779, -4.93883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of granite gate piers marking the east entrance to the Old Rectory. They were likely built in the late 19th century. The piers are square, approximately one and a half metres high, and feature a chamfered cornice, a swept necking, and ball finials. They are constructed from granite ashlar.
Local climate
Pair of Gate Piers at the East Entrance to the Old Rectory receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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