Pair of Gate Piers and Flanking Walls South West of Molesworth Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Gate-piers.

Pair of Gate Piers and Flanking Walls South West of Molesworth Manor

WRENN ID
stubborn-transept-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1988
Type
Gate-piers
Address
Pair of Gate Piers and Flanking Walls South West of Molesworth Manor, St. Issey
OS grid reference
SW 915 722
Coordinates
50.51238, -4.94188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of gate piers and flanking walls located southwest of Molesworth Manor, dating from around 1858. The structure is made of stone rubble and dressed granite. It features a pair of square granite gate piers with moulded caps, which are flanked by stone rubble quadrant walls. The terminal piers are also made of stone rubble and topped with granite pyramid caps. The 19th-century timber gate is decorated with heart-shaped motifs.

Local climate

Pair of Gate Piers and Flanking Walls South West of Molesworth Manor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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