Gate Piers 15 Metres South of Lower Sandpit Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Gate pier.
Gate Piers 15 Metres South of Lower Sandpit Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- blind-garret-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Gate pier
- OS grid reference
- ST 424 041
- Coordinates
- 50.83426, -2.81915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two gate piers located 15 metres south of Lower Sandpit Farmhouse, dating from the mid-19th century. They are made of rusticated stone and feature moulded cornices topped with pineapple finials.
Local climate
Gate Piers 15 Metres South of Lower Sandpit Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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