Front Boundary Wall and Gateway Arch, About 25 Metres South of Whetstone's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1958. Boundary wall and gateway.
Front Boundary Wall and Gateway Arch, About 25 Metres South of Whetstone's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- seventh-corner-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1958
- Type
- Boundary wall and gateway
- OS grid reference
- ST 350 169
- Coordinates
- 50.94862, -2.92618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front boundary wall and gateway arch, located about 25 metres south of Whetstone's Almshouses, is likely from the 17th century. It is constructed of Ham stone ashlar and features a wall approximately one metre high, complete with a plinth and pitched top coping. The central raised gateway has an arch with a coping moulding that extends to the sides and head. The chamfered cambered archway contains a 20th-century timber gate. An inscription on the lintel reads, "THIS HOSE WAS FOVNDED BY JOHN WHETSONE GENTLEMAN/FOR THE RELEEFE OF THE PORE OF ILTON AND DNI 1615." This structure is an important part of the setting for Whetstone's Almshouses and serves as a significant element in the street scene.
Local climate
Front Boundary Wall and Gateway Arch, About 25 Metres South of Whetstone's Almshouses 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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