Gates Plinths and Railings at Top Lodge to Former Aston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Gates and railings.
Gates Plinths and Railings at Top Lodge to Former Aston Hall
- WRENN ID
- weathered-bronze-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Gates and railings
- Address
- Gates Plinths and Railings at Top Lodge to Former Aston Hall, Aston Lane
- OS grid reference
- SJ 559 782
- Coordinates
- 53.29933, -2.66178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates, plinths, and railings at the Top Lodge to the former Aston Hall were likely built in the 1790s and are attributed to the architect Samuel Wyatt. The structure features seven sandstone piers and plinths, along with wrought-iron gates and railings. To the left of the lodge, there are two piers, and a plinth projects in a semicircle in front of the lodge. The entrance includes double carriage gates flanked by piers, with a foot-gate and pier on each side. A damaged rail on the plinth forms a quadrant with an end pier to the right of the gates. The plinth has a camber-topped coping, and the piers are monolithic up to the base of the cornice, featuring moulded plinths, a recessed panel on each face, and moulded cornices. The gates have plain dog bars between the bottom rail and the lock rail, with acanthus finials above the lock rail and ornate finials on the main bars. The railing to the right of the gates has had its finials removed, and the railing to the left has also been removed. Samuel Wyatt worked on the estate around the time that Humphry Repton replanned the park in 1793.
Local climate
Gates Plinths and Railings at Top Lodge to Former Aston Hall receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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