Garden Walls and 2 Sets of Gate Piers Attached to and South of the Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Garden walls.

Garden Walls and 2 Sets of Gate Piers Attached to and South of the Manor House

WRENN ID
iron-cobble-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1984
Type
Garden walls
OS grid reference
SY 512 950
Coordinates
50.75338, -2.69307
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls and two sets of gate piers are located to the south of the Manor House and date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The walls are made of rubble stone and feature limestone copings, enclosing the lawn immediately south of the house. There is a pair of rusticated square stone piers that are part of the original design, which include a dentil cornice, pulvinated impost, cornice, and a ball finial on top, dating from the 18th century. Additionally, there is a smaller pair of square stone piers located immediately southeast of the larger piers, which have tapering cornices and ball finials, dating from the 19th century.

Local climate

Garden Walls and 2 Sets of Gate Piers Attached to and South of the Manor House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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