Gate Piers and Gates of Number 61 is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Gate piers, gates.

Gate Piers and Gates of Number 61

WRENN ID
odd-obsidian-sorrel
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 1975
Type
Gate piers, gates
Address
Gate Piers and Gates of Number 61, West Street, Congleton
OS grid reference
SJ 854 630
Coordinates
53.16446, -2.21935
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and gates of Number 61, located on the north side of West Street, date from the mid-18th century. The structure features four stone piers, with two entrance gates flanking the center and one gate on each side. Each pier is topped with a cornice and a large stone urn finial. The gates are made of good quality wrought iron.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gates of Number 61 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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