Entrance Gates and Piers to Kingston Lacy Adjoining Blandford Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1982. Gates.
Entrance Gates and Piers to Kingston Lacy Adjoining Blandford Lodge
- WRENN ID
- gentle-pier-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1982
- Type
- Gates
- OS grid reference
- ST 974 020
- Coordinates
- 50.81792, -2.03793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gates and piers to Kingston Lacy, located next to Blandford Lodge, were likely built around 1912. They feature a pair of stone rusticated piers topped with moulded caps and ball finials. Each pier is adorned with the carved coats of arms of the Bankes family. The gates themselves are made of ornamental wrought iron, showcasing intricate scrollwork cresting.
Local climate
Entrance Gates and Piers to Kingston Lacy Adjoining Blandford Lodge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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