Archway in Compton Park at Ngr 596 167 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. Archway.
Archway in Compton Park at Ngr 596 167
- WRENN ID
- tenth-pedestal-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 1986
- Type
- Archway
- Address
- Archway in Compton Park at Ngr 596 167, Compton Park (At Ngr 596167), Nether Compton
- OS grid reference
- ST 596 167
- Coordinates
- 50.94837, -2.5752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The archway in Compton Park is a free-standing structure that has been re-erected in the park. It is built from 14th-century materials that have been reused. The side walls are made of rubble stone and feature a blind tracery window on the west side. The archway has straight-chamfered jambs and a pointed-arch head, characteristic of the 14th century. Above the arch, there is a keeled label with head-stops. Additionally, there is a 19th-century iron gate.
Local climate
Archway in Compton Park at Ngr 596 167 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 64% 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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