Gate Piers and Flanking Walls 50 Metres East South East of Wolfeton House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1987. Gate pier and flanking walls.

Gate Piers and Flanking Walls 50 Metres East South East of Wolfeton House

WRENN ID
winding-spandrel-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1987
Type
Gate pier and flanking walls
OS grid reference
SY 679 921
Coordinates
50.72766, -2.45603
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and flanking walls, located 50 metres east-south-east of Wolfeton House, date from the early 19th century. They are made of stone, featuring rusticated piers that are set diagonally and topped with ogival capstones and large ball finials. The flanking walls extend 10 metres to the north and south, constructed from dressed stone with moulded copings, standing approximately 1 metre high.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Flanking Walls 50 Metres East South East of Wolfeton 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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