Boundary Wall Enclosing Pensbury House and Grounds Along Motcombe Road is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Boundary wall.
Boundary Wall Enclosing Pensbury House and Grounds Along Motcombe Road
- WRENN ID
- mired-terrace-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Boundary Wall Enclosing Pensbury House and Grounds Along Motcombe Road, Shaftesbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 863 235
- Coordinates
- 51.0111, -2.19597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall enclosing Pensbury House and its grounds along Motcombe Road dates from the 18th to 19th century. It is constructed of rough ashlar with a stone coping and extends from a brick wall at the south-west end of the main garden, running north-eastwards to the entrance and then continuing north-eastwards to the former stable block and outbuildings. Flanking the entrance are a pair of gate piers with capping. In the northern section of the wall, there is one four-centred doorway and an additional doorway.
Local climate
Boundary Wall Enclosing Pensbury House and Grounds Along Motcombe Road receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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