The Langley Archway is a Grade II* listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1966. A Medieval Archway.
The Langley Archway
- WRENN ID
- secret-cellar-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1966
- Type
- Archway
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Langley Archway, Howden
- OS grid reference
- SE 748 281
- Coordinates
- 53.74463, -0.86683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Langley Archway is a Grade II* listed archway dating from the early 15th century, built for Bishop Langley, who served as Bishop of Durham from 1406 to 1437. It is constructed of brick in English bond with ashlar dressings and stands two storeys high, featuring two first-floor windows. The archway has a large flat four-centred arch made up of two hollow-moulded orders, set on jambs with a broad chamfer to the north. This arch is framed by a square-headed structure with a stepped string course above.
At the center, there is an angel bearing the arms of Canon Langley, flanked by two trefoil-cusped single-light windows. Above this, there is a fragmentary coved course. To the south, brick returns flank the archway. Notably, the wall at first-floor level is approximately two feet thick, and the windows have a deep splay. Between the windows, there is a brick-built arched cupboard set into the wall. This archway serves as the gateway to the Bishop's Manor complex.
Local climate
The Langley Archway sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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