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

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

WRENN ID
unlit-steeple-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1988
Type
Gate-pier and wall
Address
Gate Piers and Walls at the Entrance to the Drive to the Rectory, Bishop's Nympton
OS grid reference
SS 758 239
Coordinates
51.00157, -3.77073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate-piers and walls at the entrance to the drive to the Rectory were likely built in 1836 by J. Cock of South Molton for the Reverend Joseph Thorne. Constructed from stone rubble, the structure features short sections of outward-curving walls that extend from the gate-piers, which are square in section and topped with plain cornices and shallow pyramidal caps. These piers end with identical piers that create a turning place. The gate-piers and walls have group value with the Rectory and associated buildings. A similar design can be found at Grilstone in the same parish, which belonged to Joseph Thorne's father and was rebuilt in 1834, likely also by J. Cock.

Local climate

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