Gatepiers, Beech Road, Lenzie, Kirkintilloch is a Grade B listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 August 1979. Gatepiers and gates.

Gatepiers, Beech Road, Lenzie, Kirkintilloch

WRENN ID
vacant-gargoyle-umber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Dunbartonshire
Constituency
Mid Dunbartonshire MP: Susan Murray (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 August 1979
Type
Gatepiers and gates
OS grid reference
NS 653 725
Coordinates
55.92671, -4.15719
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gatepiers on Beech Road in Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, date from around 1900 and are designed in the Glasgow art nouveau style. There are three gatepiers made of ashlar stone, featuring ramped pilasters that display oak and rose tree motifs in decorative panels. Each pier is topped with a flat corniced cap. The wooden carriage and foot gates have inverted segmental arches, adorned with heart, spade, and square cut-out motifs.

Local climate

Gatepiers, Beech Road, Lenzie, Kirkintilloch sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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