Gatehouse to Mackworth Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. A Medieval Gatehouse.
Gatehouse to Mackworth Castle
- WRENN ID
- long-grate-twilight
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Gatehouse to Mackworth Castle, Lower Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 313 378
- Coordinates
- 52.93691, -1.53521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse to Mackworth Castle, likely a fortified manor house, dates from around 1495 to 1500. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with some repairs and additions in red brick. Only the front and side walls remain standing. The structure has two storeys, featuring a chamfered plinth, a battlemented parapet, and a moulded stringcourse.
The south elevation consists of three bays, with a central gateway that has a four-centred arch and a depressed crocketed ogee hoodmould. There are full-height buttresses on either side, each with two set-offs. Above the gateway, three windows are set under flat arches and retain remnants of cusped tracery, indicating they were originally 2-light windows with a transom. The stringcourse is adorned with gargoyles, and there are corbelled out circular angle turrets. A polygonal chimney stack is also present.
The rear elevation shows brick repairs, along with the remains of a fireplace and a spiral stair, as well as later brick lean-to sheds. This gatehouse is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Gatehouse to Mackworth Castle receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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