Gate Piers to Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. Gate piers.
Gate Piers to Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- mired-brick-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1975
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers to Church of St Mary, Edward Road, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SY 687 900
- Coordinates
- 50.7093, -2.44435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to the Church of St Mary in West Fordington were likely constructed between 1910 and 1912. They are made of wood and feature tops with spirelets and four diagonally placed "buttresses." If they were built during this period, they represent an advanced design.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Church of St Mary 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 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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- No sale records on file
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