Gate Pier on Corner at Junction with Wesley Close is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Gate pier.

Gate Pier on Corner at Junction with Wesley Close

WRENN ID
plain-belfry-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Gate pier
Address
Gate Pier on Corner at Junction with Wesley Close, Christchurch Street West, Frome
OS grid reference
ST 775 477
Coordinates
51.22893, -2.3234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate pier at the corner junction with Wesley Close is an early to mid 19th century stone structure. It is the only surviving gate pier of four that were part of a grand design by Thomas Bunn, a notable local solicitor, intended to create a crescent to rival Bath's Royal Crescent. The pier has a circular plan and features rustication between four plain pilasters. It is topped with a moulded capital on console brackets, with raised dies at intervals, each adorned with a carved anthemion motif.

Local climate

Gate Pier on Corner at Junction with Wesley Close receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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