Gates, Gate Piers, and Flanking Walls to Forecourt of Mells Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Gatehouse.
Gates, Gate Piers, and Flanking Walls to Forecourt of Mells Manor
- WRENN ID
- inner-span-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Gatehouse
- OS grid reference
- ST 727 492
- Coordinates
- 51.24221, -2.39228
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates, gate piers, and flanking walls to the forecourt of Mells Manor are notable features from the 17th century. The gate piers are constructed from roughly dressed Doulting stone blocks, which are chamfered on their outer edges and topped with moulded caps and tall pyramidal finials. In front of these piers, there is a pair of oak gates designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens around 1910, set within an open latticework. The surrounding rubble wall stands 3 metres high and extends 20 metres to the north and 60 metres to the south. At the southern end of the wall, there is a door opening featuring an oak door with turned decoration, also designed by Lutyens.
Local climate
Gates, Gate Piers, and Flanking Walls to Forecourt of Mells Manor receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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