Gatepiers and Side Gates to Leighton House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Gate piers.
Gatepiers and Side Gates to Leighton House
- WRENN ID
- watchful-terrace-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1978
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gatepiers and Side Gates to Leighton House, Warminster Road, Westbury
- OS grid reference
- ST 869 504
- Coordinates
- 51.25314, -2.18886
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, quadrant walls, and side gates form the entrance to Leighton House. They were first constructed between 1842 and 1886, but have been altered and possibly partially rebuilt since then.
The piers are made of ashlar, while the walls are built from roughly-coursed rubblestone. There are paired inner gate piers connected by quadrant walls to the outer piers. All the piers are tall, featuring bases and moulded capping with ball finials. Set into the quadrant walls are stone plaques displaying the Laverton arms, which consist of three six-pointed mullets with five garbs in the first quarter, accompanied by the motto 'Basis virtutum constantia'. The park walls leading to the outer piers are ramped. The ornate cast-iron side gates, decorated with rich acanthus designs and lamp overthrows, were likely installed after 1888 for William Laverton. The central gates have been replaced, and the flat central overthrow, which bears the initials 'RCB' (Regular Commissions Board), is a modern addition.
Local climate
Gatepiers and Side Gates to Leighton House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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