Sphinx Gates (Pair of Gate Piers and Gates Approximately 137 Metres East of Barn) is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Gate piers.

Sphinx Gates (Pair of Gate Piers and Gates Approximately 137 Metres East of Barn)

WRENN ID
twisted-barrel-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds East MP: Richard Burgon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1976
Type
Gate piers
OS grid reference
SE 359 322
Coordinates
53.78509, -1.45579
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sphinx Gates are a pair of gate piers and gates located approximately 137 meters east of the barn in Temple Newsam Park, built around 1760 by Lancelot Brown. The gate piers feature a rusticated stone band with a key motif, a deep frieze adorned with a drape, and a moulded cornice topped with a sphinx. The gates themselves are heavy plain iron, designed by Lord Burlington and published in 1738.

Local climate

Sphinx Gates (Pair of Gate Piers and Gates Approximately 137 Metres East of Barn) receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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