Small Gate in Wall West of Dorfold Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1986. A C17 Gate.
Small Gate in Wall West of Dorfold Hall
- WRENN ID
- pitched-tin-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1986
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- Small Gate in Wall West of Dorfold Hall, Burland and Acton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 635 525
- Coordinates
- 53.06879, -2.54583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The small gate in the wall west of Dorfold Hall is an early 17th-century structure. It was removed from Nantwich and re-erected in its current location after the demolition of the Roger Wilbraham Almshouses in 1872. The gate features a wrought iron design with a central sun motif and scroll infilling within a square bar frame. It is set in an ovolo moulded stone opening, topped with a strapwork head and a raised pedimented canopy that has an arched opening. Inside the opening, there is a shell feature resembling an acroterion, mounted on a scotia moulded base. The gate is flanked by niches that have semi-circular heads decorated with strapwork, housing busts of Elizabeth I and a male courtier. Above these niches are short sections of projecting moulded cornice that support heraldic lions beside the pediment. The gateway is integrated into a brick wall, which has short lengths of twice weathered stone coping on either side.
Local climate
Small Gate in Wall West of Dorfold Hall receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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