Gateway at Principal Driveway Entrance to North of Shepton House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Gateway.

Gateway at Principal Driveway Entrance to North of Shepton House

WRENN ID
western-niche-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Type
Gateway
Address
Gateway at Principal Driveway Entrance to North of Shepton House, Higher Road, Shepton Beauchamp
OS grid reference
ST 400 170
Coordinates
50.94956, -2.85546
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway at the principal driveway entrance to the north of Shepton House is a 19th-century structure designed in the Gothic style. It features a pair of polygonal ashlar piers topped with crenellated cappings. The gateway includes a simple pair of wrought-iron gates and rubble quadrant walls that also have cappings. Additionally, there are square outer piers, each capped with a dome.

Local climate

Gateway at Principal Driveway Entrance to North of Shepton House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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