2 Gates with Railings 2 Piers and Walls Around Forecourt to Abbey House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1974. Gates and railings. 3 related planning applications.

2 Gates with Railings 2 Piers and Walls Around Forecourt to Abbey House

WRENN ID
muted-landing-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1974
Type
Gates and railings
Address
2 Gates with Railings 2 Piers and Walls Around Forecourt to Abbey House, Church Street, Bradford-On-Avon, BA15 1LN
OS grid reference
ST 824 609
Coordinates
51.34735, -2.25294
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The property comprises an 18th-century pair of double wrought-iron gates, along with sections of low stone walls and railings, forming the entrance and forecourt to Abbey House. The gates incorporate a spear motif. Two ashlar piers, widely spaced and featuring plinths and entablatures supporting large stone urns, flank the entrance. These piers are attached to coursed stone walls with plain copings that run to the west, enclosing the forecourt. The gates, railings, and walls are part of a group of listed buildings including Chantry Little Chantry, Barton Orchard, the Catholic Church of St Thomas More on Market Street, and various properties and walls on Church Street and Newtown.

Local climate

2 Gates with Railings 2 Piers and Walls Around Forecourt to Abbey House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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