Gate Piers and Gates at Driveway Entrance to Old Auster is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Gate pier and gates.

Gate Piers and Gates at Driveway Entrance to Old Auster

WRENN ID
carved-nave-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Gate pier and gates
Address
Gate Piers and Gates at Driveway Entrance to Old Auster, the Causeway, Mark
OS grid reference
ST 369 477
Coordinates
51.22527, -2.90409
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gate piers and gates at the driveway entrance to Old Auster date from the early 19th century. They consist of a pair of tall stone piers topped with hipped caps, flanking decorative wrought iron gates.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gates at Driveway Entrance to Old Auster receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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