Gate Piers and Gates at East Entrance to Botanic Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1972. A C19 Gate piers and gates.

Gate Piers and Gates at East Entrance to Botanic Gardens

WRENN ID
bitter-plinth-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 November 1972
Type
Gate piers and gates
Address
Gate Piers and Gates at East Entrance to Botanic Gardens, Bankfield Lane
OS grid reference
SD 368 187
Coordinates
53.66171, -2.95773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and gates at the east entrance to the Botanic Gardens in Southport were likely built around 1876. They are made of wrought iron and consist of a double pair of carriage gates, which are flanked by single pedestrian gates. All gates feature a bar railing design with fleur-de-lys finials, dog bars, diamond bracing in the lower panels, and arch bracing in the upper sections. The square cage piers are decorated with circular and heart-shaped motifs and topped with swept pyramidal caps that have poppy-seed finials.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gates at East Entrance to Botanic Gardens sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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