Gate Piers to Old Escot House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Gate pier.
Gate Piers to Old Escot House
- WRENN ID
- carved-timber-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Gate Piers to Old Escot House, Talaton
- OS grid reference
- SY 086 971
- Coordinates
- 50.76693, -3.29707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to Old Escot House date from the 18th century and are constructed of limestone ashlar. There is a pair of gate piers, but one has collapsed and is now overgrown. The remaining pier is square in section and features channelled rusticated ashlar. Its moulded cap includes a band of carved acanthus leaves, topped with a large pineapple cap, which is very weathered. Old Escot House itself was destroyed by fire in 1808 and was replaced by a new house on a different site.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Old Escot House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 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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