Front Walls and Railings 15 Metres South-East of Portesham House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Front walls and railings.
Front Walls and Railings 15 Metres South-East of Portesham House
- WRENN ID
- upper-rubble-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Front walls and railings
- OS grid reference
- SY 601 856
- Coordinates
- 50.66949, -2.56495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front walls and railings located 15 metres southeast of Portesham House are listed as a significant structure. These walls extend for 14 metres along the street and are made of white brick with stone coping. They feature square ashlar gate-piers topped with pyramid caps. The iron railings include hooped bracing, and there is an iron gate positioned at the center.
Local climate
Front Walls and Railings 15 Metres South-East of Portesham House 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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