Gate Piers and Flanking Wall to Barrington Park Estate is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Gate piers and wall.
Gate Piers and Flanking Wall to Barrington Park Estate
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-hearth-wagtail
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Gate piers and wall
- Address
- Gate Piers and Flanking Wall to Barrington Park Estate, A40
- OS grid reference
- SP 199 120
- Coordinates
- 51.8068, -1.71239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and flanking wall to Barrington Park Estate were built in the 18th century and are reputedly designed by William Kent. Made of ashlar, the entrance features a pair of large rectangular piers approximately 4 meters high, set back from the road. These piers are flanked by quadrant walls that are about 2 meters high and curve outward toward the road, creating an overall entrance width of around 30 meters. The lower two-thirds of each pier is made from flat-chamfered rusticated ashlar blocks, separated from the upper third by a band. The upper section is adorned with single swags on the north and south sides and foliate bosses within moulded oval margins on the other two sides, topped with triangular pediments. The flanking walls have flat coping and end at small piers, which were obscured by foliage during the last survey in June 1986. The wall slopes downwards to the right and left of each of these piers.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Flanking Wall to Barrington Park Estate receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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