Gatepiers and boundary wall returned to north west corner of Stepps House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1958. A C18 Gatepiers and boundary wall. 2 related planning applications.
Gatepiers and boundary wall returned to north west corner of Stepps House
- WRENN ID
- floating-ember-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1958
- Type
- Gatepiers and boundary wall
- Address
- Gatepiers and boundary wall returned to north west corner of Stepps House, Broadway, Ilminster, TA19 9RG
- OS grid reference
- ST 321 154
- Coordinates
- 50.93439, -2.96633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The listed building comprises gatepiers and a boundary wall that returns at the northwest corner of Stepps House. Likely dating from the 18th century, the gatepiers are constructed from Ham stone and stand approximately 3 metres high. They have a square plan with a chamfered plinth and a moulded cornice, surmounted by a small obelisk standing on a cavetto-moulded plinth. The boundary wall, also potentially from the 18th century, is built of squared and coursed local stone with concrete coping. The wall abuts an east gate pier that was rebuilt and is not considered to be of particular interest. The gatepiers and wall are primarily included on the list due to their group value with Stepps House.
Local climate
Gatepiers and boundary wall returned to north west corner of Stepps House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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