Gate Piers and Gates at Principal Driveway Entrance to Mountfields, on the Roadside is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Gate structure.

Gate Piers and Gates at Principal Driveway Entrance to Mountfields, on the Roadside

WRENN ID
proud-zinc-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Type
Gate structure
Address
Gate Piers and Gates at Principal Driveway Entrance to Mountfields, on the Roadside, Higher Road, Shepton Beauchamp
OS grid reference
ST 400 166
Coordinates
50.94624, -2.85483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and gates at the principal driveway entrance to Mountfields date from the early 19th century. They feature panelled ashlar piers with moulded caps and bases designed for finials. The structure includes ashlar quadrant walls topped with freestone cappings and similar outer piers. A pair of wrought-iron gates with finials completes the entrance.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gates at Principal Driveway Entrance to Mountfields, on the Roadside receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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