North West Gateway (Formerly Included As An Integral Part of Whalley Abbey) is a Grade I listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. A Medieval Gateway.
North West Gateway (Formerly Included As An Integral Part of Whalley Abbey)
- WRENN ID
- gentle-buttress-equinox
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Gateway
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SD 729 361
- Coordinates
- 53.82117, -2.41312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North-West Gateway, formerly part of Whalley Abbey, dates from the early 14th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and consists of two storeys, although the upper storey is now roofless. The east and west walls feature outer buttresses with offsets and a pointed arch that is chamfered in two orders, supported by responds with capitals. The inner order has two quarter-round mouldings and a fillet. Inside, the passage between the archways is rib-vaulted and divided into eight bays. Between the fifth and sixth bays from the west, there is an intermediate wall with two entrances: a larger one with a segmental arch and a smaller one with a pointed arch. The north wall contains two doorways with pointed heads, one of which is blocked, while the south wall has a similar blocked doorway. The upper storey features three 3-light windows on both the north and south sides. The gateway is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
North West Gateway (Formerly Included As An Integral Part of Whalley Abbey) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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