Pair of Gateways Leading to Spondon School (Upper House) and Adult Centre is a Grade II* listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1967. Gateways.
Pair of Gateways Leading to Spondon School (Upper House) and Adult Centre
- WRENN ID
- turning-tallow-plum
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1967
- Type
- Gateways
- Address
- Pair of Gateways Leading to Spondon School (Upper House) and Adult Centre, Park Road, City of Derby
- OS grid reference
- SK 396 360
- Coordinates
- 52.92085, -1.41178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of 18th century ashlar gateways that lead to Spondon School (Upper House) and the Adult Centre. The gateways feature round-headed arches, rusticated walling, and archivolts. They have upright consoles on small attached pilasters at the sides, with vermiculated keyblocks and a cornice and pediment. The gateway on the north side retains a simple wrought iron gate. The original Field House has been demolished.
Local climate
Pair of Gateways Leading to Spondon School (Upper House) and Adult Centre sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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