Piers, Boundary Walls and Railings to Dover House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. House.
Piers, Boundary Walls and Railings to Dover House
- WRENN ID
- north-marble-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Piers, Boundary Walls and Railings to Dover House, Vicarage Street, Painswick, GL6 6XS
- OS grid reference
- SO 869 097
- Coordinates
- 51.78639, -2.18996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The piers, boundary walls, and railings to Dover House date from the 18th century and are made of limestone and wrought iron. The structure consists of two units. To the left of the house, there is a pair of rusticated square piers topped with moulded cappings and decorative urns on reconstructed stone flared bases. These piers are connected by a low wall made of large squared limestone blocks topped with a stone weathered coping.
Across the front of the house, there is a full-width set of simple iron railings with spearhead tops, set against a dwarf stone wall. There is a small gate opposite the main entrance and another gate to the right, leading to Dover Cottage; both gates feature spearhead dog-bars. To the right, there is another square rusticated pier with capping, similar to the previous piers but made from original materials. All piers have a frieze with elongated losenage decoration. Adjacent to the right pier is a wall made of large limestone blocks, also topped with weathered capping, which typically spans the full width of the site.
Local climate
Piers, Boundary Walls and Railings to Dover House 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 greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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