Gate Piers at Entrance to Charminster House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. A Georgian Gate piers.
Gate Piers at Entrance to Charminster House
- WRENN ID
- roaming-pedestal-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1987
- Type
- Gate piers
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Gate Piers at Entrance to Charminster House, East Hill
- OS grid reference
- SY 680 926
- Coordinates
- 50.73259, -2.45459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the entrance to Charminster House date from the early 19th century and are made of Ham stone. They feature Roman Doric columns, complete with capitals and bases. The piers have abaci that are adorned with ogival moulding and topped with ball finials.
Local climate
Gate Piers at Entrance to Charminster House 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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