Gatehouse to No 32 and Wall on Its East Side is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1974. Gatehouse, wall.
Gatehouse to No 32 and Wall on Its East Side
- WRENN ID
- watchful-floor-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1974
- Type
- Gatehouse, wall
- Address
- Gatehouse to No 32 and Wall on Its East Side, Rax Lane, Bridport
- OS grid reference
- SY 465 930
- Coordinates
- 50.73447, -2.75812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse to No 32 and the wall on its east side date from the 18th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and features an old plain tile roof that is hipped at the east end. The gatehouse has a high, three-centred arched carriage entrance with planked double doors. The wall on its east side, which runs along the north of Rax Lane, is made of stock brick and includes one blocked gateway with a moulded stone surround. This gatehouse and wall are part of a group that includes Rax, the garden wall to Rax, the Grove, the garden wall to the Grove, No 32 and its outhouses, the gatehouse of No 32 and its wall, the outhouses to the south of Wykes Court Garden, as well as Nos 13, 15, 19, and 31 on the south side, Nos 17 and 19 Downes Street, Wykes Court, the Conservative Club and stables south of the Conservative Club, and North Street.
Local climate
Gatehouse to No 32 and Wall on Its East Side receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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