Entrance Gateway and Gates to Gmb National College is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Entrance gateway.

Entrance Gateway and Gates to Gmb National College

WRENN ID
kindled-wicket-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Rusholme MP: Afzal Khan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Entrance gateway
Address
Entrance Gateway and Gates to Gmb National College, College Road
OS grid reference
SJ 825 948
Coordinates
53.4498, -2.2644
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance gateway and gates to the former Lancashire Independent College were built around 1840 by Irwin and Chester. Constructed from sandstone ashlar and cast iron, the gateway features octagonal gate piers topped with pinnacles and a gabled archway on each side. In the center, there are elaborate cast-iron gates. This structure is aligned with the GMB National College, forming a central axis with it.

Local climate

Entrance Gateway and Gates to Gmb National College 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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