Gate Piers and Short Sweeps of West Boundary Wall, The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. A Georgian Gate piers and wall.
Gate Piers and Short Sweeps of West Boundary Wall, The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- grim-glass-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Gate piers and wall
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Gate Piers and Short Sweeps of West Boundary Wall, The Old Rectory, Church Street, Yeovilton and District
- OS grid reference
- ST 540 223
- Coordinates
- 50.99854, -2.65571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and short sweeps of the west boundary wall at The Old Rectory date from around 1800. They are constructed from local stone, featuring cut and squared coursed rubble that stands approximately 1.5 metres high, topped with thin copings. The sweeps extend about 3 metres in length and lead to square gate piers made of Ham stone. Each pier has a fielded panel on each exposed face above a tall plinth and is crowned with moulded hipped caps. These features hold significant group value in relation to the setting of The Old Rectory and the adjacent church.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Short Sweeps of West Boundary Wall, The Old Rectory receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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