The Gate House is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
The Gate House
- WRENN ID
- tenth-quoin-smoke
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gate House, the Causeway, Wirksworth, DE4 4DL
- OS grid reference
- SK 285 538
- Coordinates
- 53.08128, -1.5753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gate House is a large, three-storey house dating from the late 18th century, though incorporating earlier 17th-century stonework. Constructed primarily of red brick, it has three bays, with the central bay emphasised by engraved pilasters and a slightly projecting form. The front facade features five sash windows, each framed by moulded architraves. A later, engraved stone cornice supports a hood porch, which has a Roman arch flanked by plain pilasters with moulded capitals. Quoins and a parapet are also present, with slate covering the roof. Some original 17th-century mullioned windows are visible at the rear.
Local climate
The Gate House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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