Gate Piers and Walls at the Entrance to the Drive to Grilstone is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Gate-piers and walls.

Gate Piers and Walls at the Entrance to the Drive to Grilstone

WRENN ID
scattered-balcony-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1988
Type
Gate-piers and walls
Address
Gate Piers and Walls at the Entrance to the Drive to Grilstone, Bishop's Nympton
OS grid reference
SS 730 246
Coordinates
51.00699, -3.81075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and walls at the entrance to the drive to Grilstone were likely built in 1834 by J. Cock of South Molton, based on a similar design found at the Rectory. They are constructed from stone rubble. The design features short sections of outward curving walls that extend from the square gate piers, which have plain cornices and oversailing caps, and these walls end with identical piers that create a turning place. The structure holds group value with Grilstone and the associated farm buildings.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Walls at the Entrance to the Drive to Grilstone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 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 79% 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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