Gates, Gatepiers, Railings and Dwarf Wall Fronting Williton Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Gate, railing, wall. 6 related planning applications.

Gates, Gatepiers, Railings and Dwarf Wall Fronting Williton Hospital

WRENN ID
graven-clay-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Gate, railing, wall
Address
Gates, Gatepiers, Railings and Dwarf Wall Fronting Williton Hospital, Long Street
OS grid reference
ST 082 414
Coordinates
51.16475, -3.31333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates, gate piers, railings, dwarf wall, and associated wall belonging to Williton Hospital date to around 1838, likely designed by Scott and Moffatt. The gates are double, with cast iron fleurs-de-lys hooded standards that slope down towards the centre, featuring a pedimented gate pier flanked by a smaller wicket gate. The gate piers are constructed of Bath stone ashlar, with flat tops, moulded cornices, and plinths. The railings are supported by fleurs-de-lys headed standards, set into a low dwarf wall built of random rubble with flat sandstone coping. The wall sweeps back for the entrance and fronts the road, with outer piers. A red sandstone random rubble wall extends beyond the piers, rising to approximately 3 metres and including square-headed openings.

Local climate

Gates, Gatepiers, Railings and Dwarf Wall Fronting Williton Hospital receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • Sale history — 69 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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  • Radon risk assessment
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