Archway at Entrance to Bowden's Old Lace Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1976. A C20 Archway.

Archway at Entrance to Bowden's Old Lace Factory

WRENN ID
winding-footing-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1976
Type
Archway
Address
Archway at Entrance to Bowden's Old Lace Factory, Boden Street, Chard Town
OS grid reference
ST 323 084
Coordinates
50.87159, -2.96279
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The archway at the entrance to Bowden's Old Lace Factory was built in 1901. It is constructed from Flemish bond brick with Bath stone dressings and features a slate roof. The center of the archway is part of a long range that is stuccoed up to the quoins. It has a large round arch in the center, flanked by narrower and lower arches on either side. The rear of the archway includes one large segmental arch. The design includes rusticated quoins and pillars between the arches, which are adorned with stepped voussoirs and bevelled keystones. Above the arches, there is a pediment with a deeply-moulded cornice and coping. A datestone with the inscription "B & Co AD 1901" is also present.

Local climate

Archway at Entrance to Bowden's Old Lace Factory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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