Gate Piers at Entrance from Buxton to Ashbourne Road is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Gate piers.

Gate Piers at Entrance from Buxton to Ashbourne Road

WRENN ID
rough-shingle-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1984
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers at Entrance from Buxton to Ashbourne Road, the Avenue, Tissington and Lea Hall, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 171 518
Coordinates
53.06318, -1.74608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers at the entrance from Buxton to Ashbourne Road date from the early 19th century. They are made of ashlar and are square in plan, consisting of four piers. Two of the piers flank the carriageway, while the two lower outer piers are positioned with a pedestrian way between them. The piers are rusticated and feature entablatures along with concave pyramidal caps.

Local climate

Gate Piers at Entrance from Buxton to Ashbourne Road receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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