Gate Piers, Alloa House is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 June 1972. Gatepiers.
Gate Piers, Alloa House
- WRENN ID
- burning-timber-moon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1972
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- NS 885 923
- Coordinates
- 56.111, -3.79428
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The gate piers at Alloa House, possibly dating from around 1714, feature a large quatrefoil plan and tall pyramid finials set on balls. The inner piers are channelled and were added in the 19th century.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Alloa House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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