Gatepiers at Entrance to Forecourt of Bramham Park with Attached Retaining Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1966. A Early C18 Gatepiers.
Gatepiers at Entrance to Forecourt of Bramham Park with Attached Retaining Wall
- WRENN ID
- silver-sill-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1966
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- SE 409 417
- Coordinates
- 53.87062, -1.37888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers at the entrance to the forecourt of Bramham Park, along with the attached retaining wall, date from the early 18th century. They are constructed from magnesian limestone ashlar and coursed rubble. The entrance features a double set of gatepiers, with gates at the outer entrance flanked by a pair of sphinxes mounted on rectangular pedestals. These sphinxes are connected by low walls that are L-shaped in plan, leading to a set-back pair of massive clustered piers. These piers have pilasters on all four sides and detached columns on three sides, all adorned with vermiculated bands. They feature a joined-up entablature and a prominent cornice, with each pier topped by an heraldic beast displaying a shield and facing towards the house. The straight retaining wall, made of rubble with a rounded coping, extends from the outer side of the piers across the full width of the forecourt.
Local climate
Gatepiers at Entrance to Forecourt of Bramham Park with Attached Retaining Wall receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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