Lodge, Gate Piers, Gates to Cliff House and Flanking Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Lodge, gate piers, walls.
Lodge, Gate Piers, Gates to Cliff House and Flanking Walls
- WRENN ID
- second-forge-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley MP: Mark Sewards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Lodge, gate piers, walls
- Address
- Lodge, Gate Piers, Gates to Cliff House and Flanking Walls, Fawcett Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 265 321
- Coordinates
- 53.78519, -1.59914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lodge, gate piers, gates to Cliff House, and flanking walls were built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from coursed squared edge-tooled gritstone, with a slate roof on the lodge, and feature ashlar piers and walls, along with cast-iron gates and railings.
The two-storey lodge includes a canted bay facing the drive, sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded stone architraves, and carved panels at floor level. It has a moulded eaves cornice and tall corniced ashlar stacks. The inner and outer gate piers are square in section with a chamfered base, a moulded cornice, and flattened pyramid capstones, although the inner capstones are missing. A curved wall extends from the outer piers to a pair of larger piers that display vermiculated rustication.
The gates consist of inner two-leaf and outer pedestrian gates that have bars, dog bars, locks, top rails, X-braces, and floriate finials. The interior has not been inspected. A plaque on the right gate pier commemorates the gift of the house and grounds by Stephen Cliff Esq to the City of Leeds in 1929.
Local climate
Lodge, Gate Piers, Gates to Cliff House and Flanking Walls receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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