Gatepiers and Gates at West Town Gate to Crow Nest Park is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Park entrance.

Gatepiers and Gates at West Town Gate to Crow Nest Park

WRENN ID
open-pinnacle-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Park entrance
Address
Gatepiers and Gates at West Town Gate to Crow Nest Park, Cemetery Road
OS grid reference
SE 235 212
Coordinates
53.68751, -1.64488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatepiers and gates at West Town Gate to Crow Nest Park are a late 19th-century entrance feature. There are four large, square gatepiers made of ashlar stone, each panelled and topped with pyramidal caps on a coved cornice. They have moulded square bases and include wrought iron brackets designed to hold gas lamps. The main entrance features a pair of ornate wrought iron gates, along with two similar side gates, all decorated with elegant scrolls and leaf-like designs.

Local climate

Gatepiers and Gates at West Town Gate to Crow Nest Park 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 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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