Gates, Gatepiers and Railings at West Entrance of Cattle Market is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Gate structure.

Gates, Gatepiers and Railings at West Entrance of Cattle Market

WRENN ID
errant-bailey-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Gate structure
Address
Gates, Gatepiers and Railings at West Entrance of Cattle Market, Aylestone Road, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 586 029
Coordinates
52.62122, -1.13578
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates, gate piers, and railings at the west entrance of the cattle market date from around 1870. There are nine pierced cast-iron gate piers that are square in section, featuring pilaster shafts at the corners and pointed arch heads. Between these piers are gates and railings adorned with spandrels made of linked rings. The two piers flanking the central gateway are taller and include cast-iron representations of cattle and ram heads in the tympanum of the arched heads, facing in four directions. At each end, there are red brick piers that have similar but larger stone arched heads with animal heads.

Local climate

Gates, Gatepiers and Railings at West Entrance of Cattle Market 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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