Gatepiers on Roadside at Main Entrance to Earnshill House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Gatepiers.

Gatepiers on Roadside at Main Entrance to Earnshill House

WRENN ID
lost-wall-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1988
Type
Gatepiers
Address
Gatepiers on Roadside at Main Entrance to Earnshill House, Hambridge, Hambridge and Westport
OS grid reference
ST 394 214
Coordinates
50.98948, -2.86411
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatepiers at the main entrance to Earnshill House date from the 19th century. They consist of four large square piers made of ashlar stone, each topped with pyramidal tips. The central gateway features barred wooden gates fitted with iron hinges and banding. There are also secondary pedestrian gateways on either side, which have similar wooden gates.

Local climate

Gatepiers on Roadside at Main Entrance to Earnshill House 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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