Gate Piers About 275 Metres North East of Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.
Gate Piers About 275 Metres North East of Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sharp-balcony-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- OS grid reference
- ST 531 287
- Coordinates
- 51.05595, -2.66952
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers located about 275 metres north-east of Manor Farmhouse date from the 18th century. They are constructed from local lias stone that has been cut and squared, with dressings made from Ham stone. The piers have a square plan and stand approximately 2.5 metres high. Each pier features moulded flat caps that are double stepped, topped with pyramid necks leading to ball finials. The piers are spaced about 8 metres apart and are connected by a stone wall that is about 1 metre high, which includes a 20th-century metal agricultural gate in the centre.
Local climate
Gate Piers About 275 Metres North East of Manor Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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