Gate Piers at Ngr St 721 468 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Gate piers.

Gate Piers at Ngr St 721 468

WRENN ID
half-transept-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1984
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers at Ngr St 721 468, Whatley
OS grid reference
ST 721 467
Coordinates
51.21938, -2.39964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These gate piers are made of local limestone ashlar and stand 2 metres high, featuring pyramidal cappings. They were formerly part of the Fussell ironworks located on this site and are one of the few remaining pieces of evidence of this once significant local industry from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Local climate

Gate Piers at Ngr St 721 468 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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