Turret Gateway is a Grade I listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 January 1950. A Medieval Gateway.

Turret Gateway

WRENN ID
sunken-doorway-plover
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 January 1950
Type
Gateway
Period
Medieval
Address
Turret Gateway, Castle View, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 583 041
Coordinates
52.63175, -1.13986
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Turret Gateway, built around 1422-23, serves as the gateway to the south entrance of the inner bailey of the Castle. Although it is in ruins, a significant amount of walling remains. The structure is made of stone rubble and features a four-centred archway. It is also designated as a Scheduled Monument. The Turret Gateway is part of a group that includes all the listed buildings in Castle Street, Castle View, and Castle Yard, along with Skeffington House, the Iron Gates, Chantry House, and Newarke Wall, all located in The Newarke.

Local climate

Turret Gateway receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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