Garden Walls and Two Pairs of Gate Piers Immediately North West and South East of Wembury House is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Garden wall.
Garden Walls and Two Pairs of Gate Piers Immediately North West and South East of Wembury House
- WRENN ID
- fossil-wicket-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Garden wall
- OS grid reference
- SX 530 492
- Coordinates
- 50.32466, -4.06566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls and two pairs of gate piers located immediately northwest and southeast of Wembury House date from the early 19th century. There are two high stone rubble walls that define the north and south sides of a rectangular garden, each featuring a pair of gate piers at the eastern end. The south gate piers are square in plan, made of stone, and topped with plain caps and ball finials. In contrast, the north gate piers are larger, constructed from rusticated ashlar, also square in plan, and feature plain caps and ball finials, along with ornamental wrought iron gates.
Local climate
Garden Walls and Two Pairs of Gate Piers Immediately North West and South East of Wembury House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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