Stone at Entrance to Gaundle Farm (Not Included on List) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Direction stone.

Stone at Entrance to Gaundle Farm (Not Included on List)

WRENN ID
burning-storey-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Direction stone
Address
Stone at Entrance to Gaundle Farm (Not Included on List), Montacute
OS grid reference
ST 500 175
Coordinates
50.95532, -2.71233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone at the entrance to Gaundle Farm, likely serving as a direction stone to Montacute House, dates from the 13th century. It is made of Ham stone, measuring approximately 550 millimeters wide and 1200 millimeters high, and is set into the boundary wall. The stone features a segmental arched head and shows traces of an ornamental border about 65 millimeters wide. There are remnants of incised lettering, but it is no longer legible.

Local climate

Stone at Entrance to Gaundle Farm (Not Included on List) receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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