Pair of Gate Piers to Kingsmuir Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1998. Gate piers. 4 related planning applications.
Pair of Gate Piers to Kingsmuir Hotel
- WRENN ID
- outer-pediment-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1998
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Pair of Gate Piers to Kingsmuir Hotel, Pittville Circus, GL52 2PU
- OS grid reference
- SO 955 228
- Coordinates
- 51.90431, -2.06541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of gate piers dating from around 1840 to 1850, located at the Kingsmuir Hotel in Cheltenham. They are made of ashlar stone over a brick core. The piers are square in shape and feature shafts with chamfered angles, as well as a band, frieze, and a chamfered cornice topped with caps. Each pier stands approximately 2 meters high. They are a well-preserved example of the gate piers found in Pittville Circus and contribute significantly to the streetscape.
Local climate
Pair of Gate Piers to Kingsmuir Hotel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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