Pair of Gate Piers at Entrance to Boringdon Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. A Late Renaissance Gate pier.

Pair of Gate Piers at Entrance to Boringdon Hall

WRENN ID
still-gravel-crag
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 May 1975
Type
Gate pier
Period
Late Renaissance
Address
Pair of Gate Piers at Entrance to Boringdon Hall, Boringdon Hill, City of Plymouth
OS grid reference
SX 539 577
Coordinates
50.40135, -4.0566
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pair of gate piers at the entrance to Boringdon Hall, likely built in the late 17th century for the Parkers of Boringdon, are constructed from rusticated granite ashlar. They feature plinths, moulded cornices, and shaped caps topped with ball finials. The piers are square in shape and each has a half-domed niche on the front. These gate piers are similar to others located northwest of Boringdon in South Hams and to those southeast of Saltram House on Merafield Road, which were originally from Boringdon.

Local climate

Pair of Gate Piers at Entrance to Boringdon Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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