Pair of Gate-Piers East of Home Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1962. Gate-piers.
Pair of Gate-Piers East of Home Farm Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallen-forge-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1962
- Type
- Gate-piers
- Address
- Pair of Gate-Piers East of Home Farm Cottage, the Drive, Over Compton
- OS grid reference
- ST 590 169
- Coordinates
- 50.95032, -2.58406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of gate-piers, dating from the 18th century, is located east of Home Farm Cottage. They are constructed from ashlar stone and feature moulded necking and a cornice. The capstones are topped with ball-finials. These gate-piers serve as the entrance to the drive leading to Compton House.
Local climate
Pair of Gate-Piers East of Home Farm Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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