Gatehouse to Bradlegh Old Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Gatehouse.

Gatehouse to Bradlegh Old Hall

WRENN ID
shadowed-cornice-torch
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington North MP: Charlotte Nichols (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1951
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Gatehouse to Bradlegh Old Hall, Bradley Lane, Burtonwood and Westbrook
OS grid reference
SJ 571 939
Coordinates
53.44016, -2.6462
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatehouse to Bradlegh Old Hall, dating from around 1460, is a ruined structure made of red and yellow sandstone. It features a 4-centred arch in yellow stone, which previously had a large blank arch above it, though this is now unclear. The archway has canted, moulded jambs that are flanked by colonnettes. Inside the archway, there are stone seats on each side of an embrasure, with loops that overlook the moat. The springers suggest the former presence of a quadripartite vault. Massive decayed diagonal buttresses in red sandstone are located at the front corners, designed as octagonal mock-turrets. Some details in the yellow sandstone indicate early 19th-century restoration. A modern earth causeway provides access across the moat.

Local climate

Gatehouse to Bradlegh Old Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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