Forecourt Wall, Piers and Gates to the Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. Forecourt wall.
Forecourt Wall, Piers and Gates to the Court House
- WRENN ID
- north-alcove-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Forecourt wall
- Address
- Forecourt Wall, Piers and Gates to the Court House, St Marys Street, Axbridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 431 545
- Coordinates
- 51.2872, -2.8164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt wall, piers, and gates to The Court House date from the late 18th century, with the gates added in the 20th century. The wall is made of high squared and coursed rubble, topped with a plain coping. There is a broad segmental headed archway at the entrance, which has a dressed stone surround and prominent imposts. Above the archway is a ball finial. The wall extends approximately 11 meters to the west along St Marys Street from the gateway, ending in a tall ashlar pier with a pyramidal cap. To the east, the wall continues for 3 meters into the grounds of St Marys Cottage, which is not included in this listing. The entrance features decorative central wrought iron gates.
Local climate
Forecourt Wall, Piers and Gates to the Court House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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