Entrance Gateway, Walls and Railings to the Firs and the Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Gatehouse.
Entrance Gateway, Walls and Railings to the Firs and the Lodge
- WRENN ID
- muted-chamber-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Entrance Gateway, Walls and Railings to the Firs and the Lodge, Moorlands Lane, Merriott
- OS grid reference
- ST 441 120
- Coordinates
- 50.90532, -2.79578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gateway, walls, and railings to The Firs and The Lodge were built in the 19th century and were originally part of the grounds of a house designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The structure features ham stone ashlar and wrought-iron railings. The boundary wall to The Firs is approximately one metre high, made of ashlar with a castellated top, and has a curved return leading back to the formal gateway between the two properties. The gateway consists of square-plan ashlar piers with moulded and shallow-hipped tops, and it includes a pair of wrought-iron gates that have staple spikes on the rails, quatrefoil-band middle rails, and double-curve bracing on the bottom panels. The north-west and north-east boundaries to The Lodge are lined with matching railings and feature a pair of gates near the house, along with a curved corner; the braced standards are topped with iron finials. This entire structure is an important part of the setting for all three houses.
Local climate
Entrance Gateway, Walls and Railings to the Firs and the Lodge receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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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