Gate posts and gate approximately 40 metres east of Heyswood House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Gate posts and gate.

Gate posts and gate approximately 40 metres east of Heyswood House

WRENN ID
ghost-chimney-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1986
Type
Gate posts and gate
OS grid reference
SS 677 116
Coordinates
50.88905, -3.88139
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate posts and gate located approximately 40 metres east of Heyswood House date from around 1850. They are constructed from stone rubble with sandstone posts and feature cast iron gates. The posts are square in shape and have ball caps set on 20th-century concrete. The gate consists of two bays with horizontal rails that are circular in section. The central rail and upright are designed with a circular interruption. The rails are supported by semi-circular bars that converge at this central circle, along with shallower segmental arches that span the entire gate, one arch curving upward and the other downward, both adorned with cast rosette bosses at their junctions. The end styles extend onto the top rail as ornamental scrolls, while the central upright rises with a bifurcated scroll topped by a gadrooned vase. This design is very similar to several gates found in mid-Devon made by the Wrights of Sandford.

Local climate

Gate posts and gate approximately 40 metres east of Heyswood House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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