Two Gate Piers and South-East Boundary Wall, Fitzhead Court is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. A C19 Wall and gate piers.
Two Gate Piers and South-East Boundary Wall, Fitzhead Court
- WRENN ID
- stony-beam-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Wall and gate piers
- OS grid reference
- ST 122 284
- Coordinates
- 51.04898, -3.25369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two gate piers and the south-east boundary wall at Fitzhead Court date from the early 19th century. The wall is constructed of red sandstone random rubble, standing about 3 metres high and extending 35 metres in length. It features added buttresses at intervals, which are slightly angled to follow the road line, and an ogee-headed doorway at the south end. At the north end, there are squared ashlar gate piers.
Local climate
Two Gate Piers and South-East Boundary Wall, Fitzhead Court 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
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