Kilmersdon Lodges, Gate Piers and Gates is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. A C18 Lodges.
Kilmersdon Lodges, Gate Piers and Gates
- WRENN ID
- woven-copper-gold
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Lodges
- OS grid reference
- ST 706 522
- Coordinates
- 51.269, -2.42192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kilmersdon Lodges, gate piers, and gates consist of a pair of lodges built in 1788 by James Wyatt, with the gate piers and gates likely added in the early 19th century for the Jolliffe family. The lodges are constructed of ashlar and have missing roofs. Designed in the Greek Revival style, they are square in plan and flank the former driveway. The front and side elevations feature slightly projecting centers with pediments, while plain side and angle pilasters support an entablature with a plain frieze and cornice. Each front has a shallow portico with distyle Ionic columns. There are two blank windows on the front and one on each side, all with missing glazing and cambered heads. The door openings at the center of each portico are framed by moulded architraves, but the doors are missing. Between the lodges stand a pair of square ashlar panelled gate piers topped with moulded cornices and square die-shaped caps. The central double ornamental cast-iron gates and similar pedestrian gates complete the ensemble, which was noted to be in a distressingly poor state during a resurvey in May 1985.
Local climate
Kilmersdon Lodges, Gate Piers and Gates receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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