South Gate Pier to Marston House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. A Georgian Gate pier.

South Gate Pier to Marston House

WRENN ID
tenth-rampart-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1985
Type
Gate pier
Period
Georgian
Address
South Gate Pier to Marston House, High Street, Marston St. Lawrence
OS grid reference
SP 536 422
Coordinates
52.07559, -1.21824
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South Gate Pier to Marston House is an 18th-century gatepier made of limestone. It features banded rustication, a moulded entablature, and a ball finial. This pier is one of a pair located at the entrance to Marston House.

Local climate

South Gate Pier to Marston House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 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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