Gate Piers to Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1962. Gate piers. 1 related planning application.
Gate Piers to Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- under-flint-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1962
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers to Old Rectory, Church Street, Cheverell Magna, SN10 5YA
- OS grid reference
- ST 981 543
- Coordinates
- 51.28822, -2.02846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to the Old Rectory in Cheverell Magna date back to the 18th century. They are constructed of brick with stone dressings and measure approximately 60 centimeters square. The piers feature inner stops and are set on stone bases. At the top, they have cyma and ovolo moulded stone caps, which support draped urn finials. The tops of the stops are also moulded in stone.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Old Rectory receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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