Gate Piers and Offsets of Number 16 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.
Gate Piers and Offsets of Number 16
- WRENN ID
- first-alcove-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers and Offsets of Number 16, Market Place, Devizes
- OS grid reference
- SU 003 615
- Coordinates
- 51.35303, -1.99693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and offsets of number 16, dating from the 18th century, are located at the entrance to an alley on the southwest side of Market Place. The gate piers are made of square, panelled stone and feature secondary offsets topped with inverted scrolls. Each pier has moulded caps and is adorned with stone urns. These gate piers are part of a group of listed buildings that includes all the structures on the southwest side, the southeast side, the Market Hall, Market Cross, and the Fountain, as well as the buildings numbered 1 to 18 consecutively on Northgate Street.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Offsets of Number 16 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 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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