Gate Piers Approximately 50m to the North-East of Gerston Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Gate pier.
Gate Piers Approximately 50m to the North-East of Gerston Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- frozen-paling-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Gate pier
- OS grid reference
- SX 732 420
- Coordinates
- 50.26468, -3.77911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These gate piers, located approximately 50 meters to the north-east of Gerston Farmhouse, date from the late 17th century. They are constructed from squared and coursed slatestone rubble and feature a chamfered plinth. The right-hand pier is topped with an ogee cornice, a shaped neck, and a granite ball finial, while the left-hand pier has lost its cap and finial.
Local climate
Gate Piers Approximately 50m to the North-East of Gerston Farmhouse 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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