Gate Piers at the South West Entrance to Penmellyn is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. Gate piers.
Gate Piers at the South West Entrance to Penmellyn
- WRENN ID
- secret-terrace-foxglove
- 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
- Gate Piers at the South West Entrance to Penmellyn, Bank Street, St. Columb Major
- OS grid reference
- SW 913 637
- Coordinates
- 50.43666, -4.93892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the south west entrance to Penmellyn were built around 1855 by William White. They are made of squared stone rubble and have a square plan. Each pier stands about 2 metres high and features steep pyramidal caps topped with finials. The gate posts are positioned on the inner side of the piers, with a short section of chamfered wall on each outer side.
Local climate
Gate Piers at the South West Entrance to Penmellyn 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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