Piers, Statues and Gates About 21 Metres North of Old Down House is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1984. Monumental gates.
Piers, Statues and Gates About 21 Metres North of Old Down House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-steel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1984
- Type
- Monumental gates
- OS grid reference
- ST 610 877
- Coordinates
- 51.58721, -2.56414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of piers, statues, and gates located about 21 metres north of Old Down House. This Italian baroque feature was imported in the early 20th century and is made of limestone and wrought iron, extending approximately 20 metres in length. The central pair of gate piers has a square plan and is intricately carved on the south face with grotesque masks and twined ribbons, along with a cornice and plinth. Each of these piers is topped with a statue of a putto draped in fabric and holding a cornucopia. The gates are made of wrought iron. There are five similar piers on each side, each topped with a bowl of fruit, all constructed from reconstituted limestone, except for the piers on the right and left, which are topped with fluted urns. A wrought iron screen is positioned between each pier.
Local climate
Piers, Statues and Gates About 21 Metres North of Old Down House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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