Gate Piers with Railings and Gates at South East End of Avenue to Monkton Farleigh Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. A C19 Gate piers.

Gate Piers with Railings and Gates at South East End of Avenue to Monkton Farleigh Manor House

WRENN ID
errant-cobble-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 with Railings and Gates at South East End of Avenue to Monkton Farleigh Manor House, South Wraxall
OS grid reference
ST 828 652
Coordinates
51.38575, -2.24752
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers with attached railings and gates are located at the southeast end of the avenue leading to Monkton Farleigh Manor House. They date from the early 19th century and feature chamfered rusticated ashlar piers topped with plain weathered capitals. The central double gates are made of cast iron and have spearhead designs, flanked by short sections of matching screen railing. These structures mark the end of a mile and a half-long avenue that is overlooked by the east front of Monkton Farleigh Manor House.

Local climate

Gate Piers with Railings and Gates at South East End of Avenue to Monkton Farleigh Manor House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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