Attached Walls and 2 Sets of Gate-Piers South-West of Waddon Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Walls, gate-piers.

Attached Walls and 2 Sets of Gate-Piers South-West of Waddon Manor

WRENN ID
steep-moat-grove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Walls, gate-piers
Address
Attached Walls and 2 Sets of Gate-Piers South-West of Waddon Manor, Portesham
OS grid reference
SY 619 857
Coordinates
50.67035, -2.53949
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The attached walls and two sets of gate-piers located south-west of Waddon Manor date from the early 18th century. They run in a north-south direction for 50 metres west of the manor. The walls are constructed from dry dressed stone and rubble-stone, featuring moulded coping-stones. The gate-piers are arranged axially, with the inner pair located 5 metres west of the house. These inner piers are rusticated stone with rebates and scroll terminals, topped with moulded cornices and ball finials on ogival bases. The outer pair consists of ashlar stone piers with thin cornice-moulding and ball terminals. The structure includes seven stone steps leading up to the gate-piers. This listing refers to a different set of walls and gate-piers than those mentioned in a separate entry.

Local climate

Attached Walls and 2 Sets of Gate-Piers South-West of Waddon Manor receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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