Two Granite Pillars is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. A C17 Monument.
Two Granite Pillars
- WRENN ID
- distant-cornice-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 805 603
- Coordinates
- 50.43051, -3.68289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two granite pillars, one of which is inscribed with the date 1687. Originally thought to be mid-18th century tollgate posts, they are now believed to be 17th century gates to the town marshes. Each pillar has a square cross section and is made of granite with iron fittings.
The northern pillar features the Civic Arms of Totnes, which includes a castle and a key motif on two of its faces, although the top of this stone seems to have been damaged. The southern pillar bears the date 1687. Both pillars show signs of wear on the carvings and have remnants of iron fittings.
Local climate
Two Granite 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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