Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Mounting Block Adjoining South West of Downton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Garden structure.
Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Mounting Block Adjoining South West of Downton Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- outer-arch-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Garden structure
- OS grid reference
- SX 853 531
- Coordinates
- 50.3674, -3.61334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall, gate piers, and mounting block located to the southwest of Downton Farmhouse are likely from the 18th century. The wall is primarily constructed of slate rubble and features stone saddle back coping, standing about 2 meters high. There is a fairly wide gateway leading into the garden, flanked by a pair of red brick gate piers built in stretcher bond, which have rendered pyramidal caps. The piers are designed with rebates for gates that have since been replaced. Adjacent to the gable end of the rear wing of the house, there is a stone rubble mounting block with steps on both sides.
Local climate
Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Mounting Block Adjoining South West of Downton Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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