Somerlea, Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. House.
Somerlea, Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers
- WRENN ID
- plain-ledge-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Somerlea, Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers, 28, Warminster Road, Beckington
- OS grid reference
- ST 805 516
- Coordinates
- 51.26377, -2.27958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Somerlea is a house dating from the late 18th century, constructed of random rubble with rusticated ashlar quoins and a pantile roof featuring coped verges and brick stacks at the apex. The building has a symmetrical facade with two storeys and three bays, which include sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded stone architraves. The central door opening is framed by a similar surround, topped with a stone hood supported by moulded stone brackets. The door itself is six-panelled, with the top two panels being glazed.
In front of the house, there is a low forecourt wall with dressed coping that ends in low ashlar piers on either side, each topped with pyramidal caps. To the left, a further section of rubble wall extends, leading to a gateway flanked by ashlar piers. The gateway features a pair of cast iron gates with plain railings.
Local climate
Somerlea, Forecourt Wall and Gate Piers receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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