Railings and Gate to Forecourt at Willoughby House is a Grade II* listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. Iron railings and gate.

Railings and Gate to Forecourt at Willoughby House

WRENN ID
keen-timber-flax
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1972
Type
Iron railings and gate
Address
Railings and Gate to Forecourt at Willoughby House, Low Pavement, City of Nottingham
OS grid reference
SK 573 396
Coordinates
52.95146, -1.14742
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings and gate to the forecourt at Willoughby House were constructed around 1743 and restored around 1990. They are made of wrought iron and feature central double gates with a segment-arched design, which are accompanied by openwork piers and finials. The gates are flanked by ramped spearhead railings, all set on a low brick wall topped with chamfered ashlar coping.

Local climate

Railings and Gate to Forecourt at Willoughby House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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