Gate Piers at West End of Great Terrace in Gardens at Iford Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Gate piers.

Gate Piers at West End of Great Terrace in Gardens at Iford Manor

WRENN ID
odd-footing-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1988
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers at West End of Great Terrace in Gardens at Iford Manor, Westwood
OS grid reference
ST 800 589
Coordinates
51.32934, -2.28765
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers at the west end of the Great Terrace in the gardens at Iford Manor are likely from the early 19th century, while the surrounding walls were constructed around 1907 by H.A. Peto. The gate piers are made of square limestone ashlar and feature composite capitals, each topped with the Rooke family crest, which includes a rook and a wheatsheaf. These piers are connected by a concave ashlar dwarf wall that includes a stone seat. The original iron gates or grille were removed by Peto. Rubble stone walls with moulded flat coping connect the gate piers to the Casita on the right, and on the left, there are fragments of Italian sculpture. The Rooke family resided at Iford in the 19th century, and Peto modified the arrangement between the piers as part of his redesign of the Great Terrace.

Local climate

Gate Piers at West End of Great Terrace in Gardens at Iford Manor 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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