Gateway to Croston Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Gateway.
Gateway to Croston Rectory
- WRENN ID
- sheer-alcove-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1952
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway to Croston Rectory, Grape Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 491 184
- Coordinates
- 53.66008, -2.77139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway to Croston Rectory, likely built in the 18th century, is constructed from sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings. It features tripartite arches in a Gothick style, designed to resemble a ruin. The central arch is broken, flanked by ogee-headed gateways that have remnants of windows above them.
Local climate
Gateway to Croston Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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