Mounting Block and Gate Posts to South East of Higher Staplehill is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. Mounting block.
Mounting Block and Gate Posts to South East of Higher Staplehill
- WRENN ID
- gilded-sill-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1983
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- Mounting Block and Gate Posts to South East of Higher Staplehill, Staplehill Road, Newton Abbot
- OS grid reference
- SX 825 736
- Coordinates
- 50.55083, -3.65892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mounting block and gate posts located to the southeast of Higher Staplehill date from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century. They are constructed from limestone rubble and granite. The mounting block features a rubblestone base that supports four granite treads. On either side of the block, there are granite gate posts. The structure is positioned at the angle between the drive entrance to Higher Staplehill on the left and a field gate at a right angle to the right.
Local climate
Mounting Block and Gate Posts to South East of Higher Staplehill receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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