Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers at Nonsuch House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1962. Wall.
Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers at Nonsuch House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-granite-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1962
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers at Nonsuch House, Bromham
- OS grid reference
- ST 961 660
- Coordinates
- 51.39349, -2.05633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls and gate piers at Nonsuch House were built in the early 18th century and are made of rubble stone and ashlar. They feature two large panelled gate piers that are corniced and topped with acanthus-cupped ball finials, along with raised gatestops and outer scrolls. The entrance is fitted with 20th-century wooden gates. On either side of the entrance, there are rubble stone walls that include two sections of ashlar balustrading. Similar walls extend back to the house, each also featuring two lengths of balustrading.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls and Gate Piers at Nonsuch House receives an average of 830 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 57% 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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