Gate Piers to Bowringsleigh at Sx 719439 (Heddeswell Cross) is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Gate pier.
Gate Piers to Bowringsleigh at Sx 719439 (Heddeswell Cross)
- WRENN ID
- pale-wall-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Gate Piers to Bowringsleigh at Sx 719439 (Heddeswell Cross), West Alvington Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 719 438
- Coordinates
- 50.28067, -3.79921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and adjoining wall at Bowringsleigh date from the late 17th century or early 18th century. They are constructed from coursed squared slatestone. The square piers feature a moulded plinth, an ogee cornice, and two decreasing courses above, topped with a shaped neck and ball finial. A short section of wall on either side continues the plinth along its length.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Bowringsleigh at Sx 719439 (Heddeswell Cross) 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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