Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Wall.
Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- small-rubblework-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to the Old Rectory, Porton Road, Idmiston
- OS grid reference
- SU 197 373
- Coordinates
- 51.13526, -1.71978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall, gate piers, and gates to the Old Rectory are located on the east garden front of the house, facing Porton Road. They date from the early 18th century and are constructed of brick with stone copings. The wall features Flemish bond brickwork on twice offset foundations, reaching a total height of approximately 1.5 meters. It has a chamfered stone coping that rises to meet the end and central gate piers opposite the front entrance. The gate piers are made of 21-inch brick with an internal stop and have a shaped top. They include moulded brick neckings and a flat stone cap with a cyma cornice. The total length of the wall is approximately 23 meters, ending in 18-inch piers topped with ball finials. The wall continues to the south with a flint wall that incorporates some 17th-century brick quoins and tiled copings, measuring approximately 21 meters in length and twice angled at the south end.
Local climate
Wall, Gate Piers and Gates to the Old Rectory receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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