Gateway to East of South Lawn of Barrington Court is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Gateway.

Gateway to East of South Lawn of Barrington Court

WRENN ID
solitary-transept-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
ST 398 182
Coordinates
50.96044, -2.85765
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway to the east of the south lawn of Barrington Court was built around 1921-1925 by the architects Forbes and Tate for A.A. Lyle. It features a tall pair of panelled ashlar piers topped with obelisk finials. On each side, there is a short section of ramped rubble walling. The gateway itself is adorned with elaborate wrought-iron work.

Local climate

Gateway to East of South Lawn of Barrington Court receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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