Gate Piers to Lord's Walk, to Amesbury Abbey, with Flanking Estate Boundary Walls is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Gate piers, boundary wall. 4 related planning applications.
Gate Piers to Lord's Walk, to Amesbury Abbey, with Flanking Estate Boundary Walls
- WRENN ID
- roaming-niche-mist
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Gate piers, boundary wall
- Address
- Gate Piers to Lord's Walk, to Amesbury Abbey, with Flanking Estate Boundary Walls, Countess Road, SP4 7DW
- OS grid reference
- SU 153 417
- Coordinates
- 51.17471, -1.78118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of mid-17th century gate piers, iron gates, and flanking estate boundary walls, situated on the west side of Countess Road, Amesbury, leading to Amesbury Abbey. The gate piers are constructed from limestone, and are tall and square, featuring narrow inner and outer pilasters, all treated with alternating plain and vermiculated rustication. They have corniced caps surmounted by rock-faced blocks supporting ball finials. The iron gates have a spiked centre rail and dog rails, and a spiked overthrow. To the left of the piers is a flint wall approximately 3 metres high, with stone quoins, weathered limestone copings, and an 8-metre run leading to Kent House. A pedestrian gate is included within this section. To the right of the piers, a coursed flint wall, incorporating some limestone blocks and weathered limestone copings, runs for approximately 92 metres and stands about 2 metres high.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Lord's Walk, to Amesbury Abbey, with Flanking Estate Boundary Walls receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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