Gate-Piers at Road Entrance to Boskenna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. A Georgian Gate-piers.
Gate-Piers at Road Entrance to Boskenna
- WRENN ID
- idle-corner-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Gate-piers
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Gate-Piers at Road Entrance to Boskenna, St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
- OS grid reference
- SW 420 240
- Coordinates
- 50.06082, -5.60554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate-piers at the road entrance to Boskenna date from the early 19th century and are made of granite ashlar. They feature a wide gateway with square monolith piers, which are flanked by low walls that are curved in plan. These walls are accompanied by large square-on-plan ashlar terminal piers. The structure includes chamfered plinths and sloped copings that project over the walls and piers. An old arch-braced wooden gate completes the entrance.
Local climate
Gate-Piers at Road Entrance to Boskenna sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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