Gateway and Railings to Botanical Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Gateway.
Gateway and Railings to Botanical Gardens
- WRENN ID
- dusk-outpost-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Central MP: Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1995
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway and Railings to Botanical Gardens, Thompson Street
- OS grid reference
- SK 337 860
- Coordinates
- 53.37047, -1.49458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and railings to the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield were built around 1900 and are made of ashlar and wrought iron. The structure features a pair of tall square ashlar gate piers, which have moulded bases, panelled sides, and a deep entablature topped with a shaped cap and a ball. Between these piers are ornate wrought-iron gates. On either side of the main gates are single pedestrian gates of a similar design, flanked by shorter square gate piers that match the main piers.
To the right, there is a short section of railing on an ashlar base wall, which ends in a square pier with a moulded base and cap. To the left, railings extend along an ashlar base wall, following Thompson Road and ascending the hill to the edge of the Botanical Gardens. These railings are divided into panels by taller square iron piers with pyramidal caps and ornate supports. At the end of this section, there is a square ashlar pier with a moulded base and cap, also topped with a ball.
Local climate
Gateway and Railings to Botanical Gardens receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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