Gate Piers and Wall to the Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1985. A C18 Gate pier and wall.
Gate Piers and Wall to the Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- dim-floor-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1985
- Type
- Gate pier and wall
- Address
- Gate Piers and Wall to the Hermitage, Bath Road, Box
- OS grid reference
- ST 822 684
- Coordinates
- 51.41439, -2.25619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and wall to The Hermitage date from the mid-18th century. The wall is made of rubble stone and features a coping. The gatepiers are constructed from ashlar stone, with channelled upper courses, a moulded cornice, and spiral fluted urn finials. The gates are made of iron and were added in the 19th or 20th century.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Wall to the Hermitage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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