Gate Piers and Gates at South Drive Entrance to Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Gate piers and gates.

Gate Piers and Gates at South Drive Entrance to Manor House

WRENN ID
empty-bronze-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Gate piers and gates
Address
Gate Piers and Gates at South Drive Entrance to Manor House, Church Road, Lympsham
OS grid reference
ST 335 543
Coordinates
51.2843, -2.95466
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and gates at the South drive entrance to the Manor House were built in the mid-19th century. They are made of rubble and dressed stone, featuring tall piers with corner pilasters and cross-gabled caps. The gates are decorated with wrought and cast iron in a gothic style. These structures are primarily noted for their group value with the Manor House.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gates at South Drive Entrance to Manor House receives an average of 820 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 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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