The Gothick Archway is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1967. Archway.
The Gothick Archway
- WRENN ID
- fading-bracket-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Derbyshire
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1967
- Type
- Archway
- Address
- The Gothick Archway, Eckington
- OS grid reference
- SK 441 785
- Coordinates
- 53.30213, -1.33939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gothick Archway is a lodge and entrance archway built in the early 19th century by Sir Sitwell Sitwell. It is made of ashlar coal measures sandstone and features a two-storey design. The structure has square angle piers that support a chamfered pointed arch, which rises to a cornice adorned with finials and a central crenellated pediment that includes moulded merlons. This pediment also displays the Sitwell family arms.
On either side of the archway are single-storey pavilions that feature two-light Gothic windows with four-centred arched heads, each topped with hoodmoulds that have dropped returns. The corner piers are panelled and topped with pinnacles, and the archway has a cornice and a crenellated parapet.
Inside the archway, there is a pair of cast iron carriage gates that showcase delicate Gothic details. Although the archway is now in a ruinous state, it once served as the lodge for the approach drive to Renishaw.
Local climate
The Gothick Archway receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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