Front Boundary Wall and Gateway with Piers to Number 36 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1953. Boundary wall.

Front Boundary Wall and Gateway with Piers to Number 36

WRENN ID
low-pinnacle-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1953
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Front Boundary Wall and Gateway with Piers to Number 36, Chamberlain Street, Wells
OS grid reference
ST 547 458
Coordinates
51.20969, -2.64955
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front boundary wall and gateway with piers to number 36 on Chamberlain Street in Wells dates from around 1780. It is constructed of local stone that is roughly squared and laid in a random pattern, with ashlar dressings. The wall stands approximately 1.2 meters high and stretches about 20 meters in length. It features flat dressed copings that are swept up at each end where the wall meets numbers 34 and 38, as well as at the central gateway. The gateway is marked by square ashlar piers that have plinths and moulded pyramidal caps, with a 20th-century metal gate. This wall is significant for its contribution to the setting of number 36 and enhances the overall street scene.

Local climate

Front Boundary Wall and Gateway with Piers to Number 36 receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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