The Bowles Comprising 2 Gatepiers at the Junction of B3181 and the Lane to Poltimore 100 Metres South of New Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1961. A C17 Gatepiers.
The Bowles Comprising 2 Gatepiers at the Junction of B3181 and the Lane to Poltimore 100 Metres South of New Lodge
- WRENN ID
- quiet-cupola-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1961
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- SX 972 955
- Coordinates
- 50.75012, -3.45754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bowles comprises two gatepiers located at the junction of the B3181 and the lane to Poltimore, approximately 100 metres south of New Lodge. These gatepiers date from 1681 and are made of granite. They were resited when the road was widened, and the caps likely belong to another pair of piers. The front panels of the uprights feature a dated left panel from 1681, which includes a medallion with a heraldic head, while the right panel, which is not dated, has a medallion containing a chevron. Both gatepiers support large capstones with concave mouldings, topped with a ball. These structures mark one of the entrances to the former Poltimore estate of the Bampfields and are noted for the quality of their 17th-century carving.
Local climate
The Bowles Comprising 2 Gatepiers at the Junction of B3181 and the Lane to Poltimore 100 Metres South of New Lodge 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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