Gateposts and Gates Approximately 350 Metres South of the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Gatehouse.
Gateposts and Gates Approximately 350 Metres South of the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- broken-cinder-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Gatehouse
- OS grid reference
- SS 829 083
- Coordinates
- 50.86285, -3.66503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These gateposts and gate, located approximately 350 metres south of the Old Rectory, date from around 1840 to 1850. They are made of plastered brick or rubble piers and feature a cast iron gate. The gateposts are large, square-sectioned with moulded bases and flat caps that are soffit-moulded. The gate itself includes a lockrail and railings topped with fleur-de-lys finials. The alternative rails rise only to the lock bar, while the full height rails are adorned with foliate knots on their upper sections. The lower section beneath the lock rail has diagonal cross braces.
Local climate
Gateposts and Gates Approximately 350 Metres South of the Old Rectory receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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