Gate Piers to the Old Bidewell is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Gate piers.

Gate Piers to the Old Bidewell

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers to the Old Bidewell, South Street, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 639 163
Coordinates
50.94552, -2.51383
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers to the Old Bidewell, located on the north-east side of South Street, date from the 17th to 18th century. The Old Bidewell was present in Sherborne until 1793. These tall stone jambs feature hinges, with the left-hand pier built into the south wall of an outbuilding, while the right-hand pier is attached to the north-west corner of The Antique Shop. The gate piers are part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 8 (consecutive), the Duck House with its garden wall and railings, Gainsborough House with its dwarf wall, railings, and gate, an outbuilding south of Gainsborough House, The Antique Shop, Lodbourne Hall, and Ye Olde Cottage, which also includes garden walls and railings.

Local climate

Gate Piers to the Old Bidewell receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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