Garden Wall Extending to South East from South Corner of Ashton Court Mansion and North Gate and South Pillar is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Garden wall. 2 related planning applications.
Garden Wall Extending to South East from South Corner of Ashton Court Mansion and North Gate and South Pillar
- WRENN ID
- winding-rafter-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1984
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden Wall Extending to South East from South Corner of Ashton Court Mansion and North Gate and South Pillar, Long Ashton, BS41 9JN
- OS grid reference
- ST 557 717
- Coordinates
- 51.44312, -2.63815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall extends approximately 80 yards to the southeast from the south corner of Ashton Court Mansion and includes the North Gate and South Pillar. Likely built in the 19th century, the wall incorporates features from the early to mid-17th century. It is constructed from rubble and brick, standing between 6 and 10 feet high. The upper section features alternating large and small ashlar gables with a convex-step-concave outline, some topped with urn finials and finished with moulded saddleback coping. A decorative gothick cast-iron gate is located at the north end, while a freestanding square ashlar pillar is found at the south end.
Local climate
Garden Wall Extending to South East from South Corner of Ashton Court Mansion and North Gate and South Pillar receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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