Pair of Gate Piers Approx 50 Metres North West of Wares Warehouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1994. Gate piers.

Pair of Gate Piers Approx 50 Metres North West of Wares Warehouse

WRENN ID
sharp-landing-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1994
Type
Gate piers
OS grid reference
ST 298 375
Coordinates
51.1329, -3.00446
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of gate piers located at the entrance to the Bridgwater docks, approximately 50 meters north-west of Wares Warehouse. They were built around 1840 and are made of squared soft limestone. The piers feature moulded cornices that support flat freestone caps and have a square section. Each pier stands approximately 2 meters high. They are included for their group value.

Local climate

Pair of Gate Piers Approx 50 Metres North West of Wares Warehouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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