Boundary Wall and Gate Piers Immediately South of the Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Boundary wall. 9 related planning applications.

Boundary Wall and Gate Piers Immediately South of the Rookery

WRENN ID
late-buttress-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1984
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Boundary Wall and Gate Piers Immediately South of the Rookery, Church Street, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4QS
OS grid reference
SY 489 895
Coordinates
50.70316, -2.72446
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall and gate piers immediately south of The Rookery date from the 18th century. They are constructed from rubble stone, with coursed flat coping stones. The wall features a set of dressed stone gate piers that have massive moulded stone neckings and cornices, topped with large ball finials. The wall extends 42 metres in an east-west direction.

Local climate

Boundary Wall and Gate Piers Immediately South of the Rookery receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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