Pair of Gate Piers at Former Entrance to Driveway to Babington House Adjacent to Charity Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. Gate pier.

Pair of Gate Piers at Former Entrance to Driveway to Babington House Adjacent to Charity Cottage

WRENN ID
broken-tracery-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1986
Type
Gate pier
Address
Pair of Gate Piers at Former Entrance to Driveway to Babington House Adjacent to Charity Cottage, BA11 3RN
OS grid reference
ST 704 504
Coordinates
51.25234, -2.42547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of gate piers located at the former entrance to the driveway leading to Babington House, next to Charity Cottage. They were built in the early 18th century and are made of rusticated ashlar stone. The piers feature moulded caps and stone ball finials, as well as plinths that have carved square panels with a central lozenge design.

Local climate

Pair of Gate Piers at Former Entrance to Driveway to Babington House Adjacent to Charity Cottage receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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