Gateway and Walls to Courtyard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Gateway and walls.

Gateway and Walls to Courtyard Cottage

WRENN ID
forgotten-mantel-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1989
Type
Gateway and walls
Address
Gateway and Walls to Courtyard Cottage, Salisbury Street, Mere
OS grid reference
ST 814 324
Coordinates
51.09071, -2.2667
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway and walls to Courtyard Cottage date from the late 18th century or 19th century. The structure features a broad arched gateway flanked by walls made of coursed rough-dressed limestone, with ashlar trimmings around the opening. The gateway has a wide elliptical opening supported by piers that include plain imposts, a central projecting element, and a dropped keystone, leading to a pair of 20th-century iron gates. The wall rises above the arch to a tiled coping and raised pier caps. To the left, a segment of the wall is at the same height as the central wall and returns to the pavement with stone coping. On the right, there is a similar wall, plus a plain wall about 3 meters long connecting to Dewes Lodge, which is covered by a flat roof. The overall width at the pavement is approximately 6 meters. This gateway is significant to the street and resembles similar openings found at Dewes House and the Friends' Meeting House. Courtyard Cottage itself is not included in this listing.

Local climate

Gateway and Walls to Courtyard Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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