Entrance Walls and Gate Piers to Dun Esk is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1996. Walls and gate piers.
Entrance Walls and Gate Piers to Dun Esk
- WRENN ID
- dusk-hearth-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1996
- Type
- Walls and gate piers
- Address
- Entrance Walls and Gate Piers to Dun Esk, Dawlish Road, Teignmouth
- OS grid reference
- SX 946 740
- Coordinates
- 50.55694, -3.48891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance walls and gate piers to Dun Esk are mid-19th century structures. The walls are made of coped Plymouth rubblestone and stand approximately 2 meters high, curving back to ashlar gate piers that feature shallow stepped pyramidal caps. Similar gate piers are located at the outer ends. These features contribute significantly to the setting of Rowdens.
Local climate
Entrance Walls and Gate Piers to Dun Esk receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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