Gates and Gate Piers at North East End of Abbey Close is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Gates, gate piers.

Gates and Gate Piers at North East End of Abbey Close

WRENN ID
weathered-wattle-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1973
Type
Gates, gate piers
Address
Gates and Gate Piers at North East End of Abbey Close, Sherborne
OS grid reference
ST 638 164
Coordinates
50.94666, -2.51608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gates and gate piers at the north east end of Abbey Close date from 1625. The gate piers are made of ashlar and feature a plinth and moulded capping, topped with ball finials. The gates are crafted from handsome wrought iron. These structures are part of a group with the east end of No 1 Finger Lane.

Local climate

Gates and Gate Piers at North East End of Abbey Close 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 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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