Pair of Gate Piers at SW 892635 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. Gate piers.
Pair of Gate Piers at SW 892635
- WRENN ID
- heavy-vestry-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1988
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Pair of Gate Piers at SW 892635, St. Columb Major
- OS grid reference
- SW 891 636
- Coordinates
- 50.43482, -4.96997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of gate piers located at the south entrance to the road leading to Carnanton House in Mawgan-in-Pydar. They were built in the early 18th century and are made of rusticated granite ashlar. The piers have a square plan and stand about 2 meters high, lacking a plinth. They feature a moulded cornice topped with an abacus that has a ball finial.
Local climate
Pair of Gate Piers at SW 892635 receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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