Gatepiers to Main Entrance Drive Approximately 50 Metres South-West of Tawstock Court Including Length of Courtyard Wall with Courtyard Entrance Extending East is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1965. Gatepiers and courtyard wall.
Gatepiers to Main Entrance Drive Approximately 50 Metres South-West of Tawstock Court Including Length of Courtyard Wall with Courtyard Entrance Extending East
- WRENN ID
- quartered-latch-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1965
- Type
- Gatepiers and courtyard wall
- OS grid reference
- SS 556 298
- Coordinates
- 51.04991, -4.06053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers to the main entrance drive, located approximately 50 metres south-west of Tawstock Court, date from the 18th century, while the cob wall and courtyard entrance are from the 17th century. The gatepiers are made of ashlar stone, featuring a square section with moulded caps that are topped by dogs. The cob wall extends east from the left side pier and includes a slate pentice roof over a porch. This porch has a 17th-century chamfered door surround and old double plank doors, each door consisting of ten panels with cover strips.
Local climate
Gatepiers to Main Entrance Drive Approximately 50 Metres South-West of Tawstock Court Including Length of Courtyard Wall with Courtyard Entrance Extending East receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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