The Gate Piers and East Boundary Wall, Upper Thorn Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. A C19 Boundary wall and gate piers.
The Gate Piers and East Boundary Wall, Upper Thorn Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fallow-baluster-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Boundary wall and gate piers
- Address
- The Gate Piers and East Boundary Wall, Upper Thorn Farmhouse, North Barrow
- OS grid reference
- ST 614 299
- Coordinates
- 51.06778, -2.55096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and east boundary wall at Upper Thorn Farmhouse date from the early 19th century. They are constructed of red brick, featuring a curved section in Flemish bond, while the rest is in English garden wall bond. The boundary wall includes Doulting stone piers and clay tile copings. It has shaped tile copings and stands approximately 1.2 meters high, rising to 2 meters before curving back to the rusticated ashlar stone piers. These piers have heavily moulded tops with steps and low pyramid finials, and there are no gates. The wall is contemporary with and complements Upper Thorn Farmhouse.
Local climate
The Gate Piers and East Boundary Wall, Upper Thorn Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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