Gate Piers and Gate to Merton Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Gate piers.

Gate Piers and Gate to Merton Lodge

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1994
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers and Gate to Merton Lodge, Middle Lincombe Road
OS grid reference
SX 926 634
Coordinates
50.46059, -3.51418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and gate to Merton Lodge, likely built in the 1850s, feature stuccoed octagonal piers with a plinth and roll moulding beneath two-tier pyramidal caps. The timber gate has chamfered cross-bracing and spike finials above the top rail. This structure is included for its group value with Merton Lodge.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gate to Merton Lodge receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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