Walls and Railings; Piers with Vases to House and Stable Entrances is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. A C18 Boundary wall.
Walls and Railings; Piers with Vases to House and Stable Entrances
- WRENN ID
- ragged-foundation-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Walls and Railings; Piers with Vases to House and Stable Entrances, the Plocks, Blandford Forum
- OS grid reference
- ST 885 063
- Coordinates
- 50.85676, -2.16429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of walls and railings, along with piers topped with vases, located at the entrances to the house and stable. This 18th-century brick wall features stone capping and encloses the forecourt to the west of the house. It has panelled stone piers with capping and vases that flank a dwarf brick wall, which is complemented by iron railings and a central gate on the west side. The slender iron rails have spear-shaped finials, and the gate is supported by square standards topped with urn finials. The stable entrance is flanked by two pairs of rusticated brick piers, each with stone capping and bases. The outer vases have a slightly different design from those next to the entrance, and the vase on the southernmost pier is currently missing. There is another pier with a vase to the north of the main entrance, set into the curve of the wall. Coupar House, the walls, railings, and stables, Limetree House, and Nos 2, 3, 5, and 7 form a group.
Local climate
Walls and Railings; Piers with Vases to House and Stable Entrances receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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