Piers and Wall Forming An Arbor to South East of Ammerdown House, in the Park is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Arbor. 1 related planning application.
Piers and Wall Forming An Arbor to South East of Ammerdown House, in the Park
- WRENN ID
- ghost-rafter-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- Arbor
- Address
- Piers and Wall Forming An Arbor to South East of Ammerdown House, in the Park, Kilmersdon, BA3 5SH
- OS grid reference
- ST 713 526
- Coordinates
- 51.2723, -2.41278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure is an arbor located to the south-east of Ammerdown House, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens around 1901, although the piers likely date back to the 17th century. It features ashlar piers with moulded caps and ball finials. A semi-circular wall made of coursed and squared rubble connects the piers at the rear. This information was noted in Country Life on February 16, March 2, and March 9, 1929.
Local climate
Piers and Wall Forming An Arbor to South East of Ammerdown House, in the Park receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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