Bowden Pillars is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1969. Gate piers.
Bowden Pillars
- WRENN ID
- first-courtyard-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1969
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Bowden Pillars, Green Lane, Totnes
- OS grid reference
- SX 797 592
- Coordinates
- 50.42062, -3.69459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowden Pillars are 16th or 17th century gate piers made of rough-hewn granite. They feature moulded, pointed finials at the top.
Local climate
Bowden Pillars receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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