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

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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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