Gate Piers and Bollard at Entrance to Purbeck House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1983. Gate pier.

Gate Piers and Bollard at Entrance to Purbeck House

WRENN ID
fossil-minaret-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1983
Type
Gate pier
Address
Gate Piers and Bollard at Entrance to Purbeck House, High Street, Swanage, BH19 2LZ
OS grid reference
SZ 029 787
Coordinates
50.60828, -1.96036
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and bollard at the entrance to Purbeck House, located on the south side of High Street, date from the early 19th century. The granite gate piers feature moulded caps and are possibly sourced from Millbank Prison in London. The cylindrical granite bollard is also believed to have originated from Millbank Prison.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Bollard at Entrance to Purbeck House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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