Forecourt Gateposts Approximately 25 Metres North-West of Oxenham Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Gateposts.
Forecourt Gateposts Approximately 25 Metres North-West of Oxenham Manor
- WRENN ID
- crooked-gargoyle-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Gateposts
- OS grid reference
- SX 664 942
- Coordinates
- 50.73256, -3.89359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt gateposts, dated 1714, are located approximately 25 metres north-west of Oxenham Manor. These tall granite ashlar gateposts are three in number and serve to define a pedestrian walkway on the left and a carriageway on the right. Each gatepost is a monolithic structure, square in section, featuring soffit-moulded caps and ball finials. The left post is inscribed with the initials of William Oxenham, the centre post displays his arms, and the right post bears the date 1714. Additionally, all posts have decorative incisions resembling curved brackets below.
Local climate
Forecourt Gateposts Approximately 25 Metres North-West of Oxenham Manor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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