Ruins of Thornton Abbey South Precinct Gateway Approximately 180 Metres South of Abbot's Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Ruins.
Ruins of Thornton Abbey South Precinct Gateway Approximately 180 Metres South of Abbot's Lodge
- WRENN ID
- western-spandrel-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham MP: Martin Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Ruins
- OS grid reference
- TA 118 186
- Coordinates
- 53.65283, -0.3091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the former gateway in the south precinct wall of Thornton Abbey, located approximately 180 metres south of Abbot's Lodge, date from the 14th to 15th century. The structure consists of two sections of walling that flank the entrance opposite a causeway across the moat. The eastern section stands about 3 metres high, measures approximately 2.5 metres wide from east to west, and is 1 metre thick. It features a core of chalk rubble with brick through-courses, a brick plinth, and a facing made of squared chalk, brick, and limestone ashlar. The western section, also around 3 metres high, is about 2 metres long from north to south and 1 metre thick. It survives as a mortared chalk rubble core with some brick on the eastern side.
Local climate
Ruins of Thornton Abbey South Precinct Gateway Approximately 180 Metres South of Abbot's Lodge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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