Main Entrance Gateway, 35 Metres North West of Ven House is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. A Post-Medieval Entrance gateway.
Main Entrance Gateway, 35 Metres North West of Ven House
- WRENN ID
- standing-brick-cream
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Entrance gateway
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 185
- Coordinates
- 50.96504, -2.45558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The main entrance gateway, located 35 metres northwest of Ven House, is an 18th-century structure that was relocated in the 19th century. It is made of Ham stone ashlar and features gate piers that are approximately 600mm square, with a moulded plinth, rusticated shaft, cornice cap, and simple crown finials. The gateway is adorned with well-crafted wrought iron gates that have a swept curved top rail. On either side of the gateway, there are three bays of balustrading about 900mm high, which terminate in cut and squared stone sweeps. Originally, the old road, which connected East Street and The Old Road (Dorset), was about 400 metres to the north but was replaced in the 19th century by London Road, leading to the relocation of the gates. This gateway is part of the setting for an important country house.
Local climate
Main Entrance Gateway, 35 Metres North West of Ven House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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