Gateway to Oakham Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1971. A C15 Gateway. 1 related planning application.
Gateway to Oakham Castle
- WRENN ID
- north-facade-jet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1971
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway to Oakham Castle, Market Place, LE15 6DT
- OS grid reference
- SK 861 088
- Coordinates
- 52.67054, -0.72736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gateway to Oakham Castle is a Grade I listed structure, likely built by the first Duke of Buckingham. It resembles two gateways located in the Park at Burley-on-the-Hill. The gateway is constructed from ashlar and coursed rubble. It features pointed inner and outer arches with chamfered edges, topped with an architrave, frieze, cornice, and pediment. The corners of the pediment are adorned with small obelisk pinnacles that have star finials. Modern wrought iron gates with a horseshoe motif complete the design.
Local climate
Gateway to Oakham Castle 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 79% 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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- Radon risk assessment
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