Gate Piers to Mappowder Court Farm Approximately 13 Metres East of Mappowder Court Together with Attached Parterre Boundary Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Gate piers and boundary wall. 1 related planning application.
Gate Piers to Mappowder Court Farm Approximately 13 Metres East of Mappowder Court Together with Attached Parterre Boundary Wall
- WRENN ID
- rough-storey-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Gate piers and boundary wall
- Address
- Gate Piers to Mappowder Court Farm Approximately 13 Metres East of Mappowder Court Together with Attached Parterre Boundary Wall, DT10 2EN
- OS grid reference
- ST 739 058
- Coordinates
- 50.85119, -2.3717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to Mappowder Court Farm, located approximately 13 meters east of Mappowder Court, date from the late 18th century. They are constructed of brick featuring wine flared headers and topped with ashlar caps and finials. The north pier is adorned with a cube finial that includes sundials, while the south pier has a ball finial. Attached to these piers is a carved brick wall that leads to a semicircular parterre, which is finished with ashlar coping.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Mappowder Court Farm Approximately 13 Metres East of Mappowder Court Together with Attached Parterre Boundary Wall receives an average of 830 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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