Gates and Gate Piers to Wilderness Garden at North End of Lime Avenue of Adlington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. Gate.

Gates and Gate Piers to Wilderness Garden at North End of Lime Avenue of Adlington Hall

WRENN ID
errant-keystone-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 April 1967
Type
Gate
Address
Gates and Gate Piers to Wilderness Garden at North End of Lime Avenue of Adlington Hall, Mill Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 904 803
Coordinates
53.31986, -2.14448
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates and gate piers to the Wilderness garden at the north end of Lime Avenue of Adlington Hall were built in 1688 for Thomas Legh V. They are constructed from buff gritstone ashlar. The piers feature channelled rustication and stand on low moulded plinths. Each pier has a projecting moulded capstone with a flat top. Between the piers is a pair of wrought iron gates made of closely spaced bars that are square in section and pointed at the top, with some scroll work along the top rail. The right-hand gate includes a smaller door, while the left-hand gate has the inscription "IW 1688" on the top bar. These gates were erected, and the lime avenue was planted, to celebrate the arrival of William of Orange by a colonel of his militia.

Local climate

Gates and Gate Piers to Wilderness Garden at North End of Lime Avenue of Adlington Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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