Walls, 2 Pairs of Gatepiers and Gate to Gardens to the East and South of Sydenham House is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1967. A C18 Garden walls and gatepiers.

Walls, 2 Pairs of Gatepiers and Gate to Gardens to the East and South of Sydenham House

WRENN ID
eternal-basalt-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1967
Type
Garden walls and gatepiers
OS grid reference
SX 428 838
Coordinates
50.63329, -4.22362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure consists of walls, two pairs of gatepiers, and a gate, dating from the early 18th century, with the gate likely being a replacement from the 1930s. The walls are made of stone rubble and cob, while the gatepiers are constructed from ashlar and stone rubble, featuring a wrought iron gate. The garden walls to the east of Sydenham House are primarily stone rubble, partially plastered, with slate capping and a ramp leading up to the ashlar gatepiers, which have a cross plan and are topped with a moulded cornice. The segmental arched gate is flanked by wrought iron panels that include an intricate dograil and a low frieze adorned with scrolly arabesques across all three sections. An elaborate over-throw features the Tremayne crest, depicting two arms holding a head wearing a high-crowned hat. The wall extends to the south of the house, forming the garden wall for the south garden, which is constructed of cob on a stone rubble base with slate coping. The gateway to the south garden is flanked by stone rubble piers of rectangular section, which have moulded cornices and likely 20th-century moulded granite pinnacles with ball finials. The Sydenham estate transitioned by marriage from the Wise family to the Tremayne family in 1694.

Local climate

Walls, 2 Pairs of Gatepiers and Gate to Gardens to the East and South of Sydenham House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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