Gate Piers and Attached Walls to West of Service Court at Elvaston Castle is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1967. Gate piers, walls.

Gate Piers and Attached Walls to West of Service Court at Elvaston Castle

WRENN ID
dark-ledge-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1967
Type
Gate piers, walls
Address
Gate Piers and Attached Walls to West of Service Court at Elvaston Castle, Borrowash Road
OS grid reference
SK 406 330
Coordinates
52.89325, -1.39779
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and attached walls to the west of the service court at Elvaston Castle are 18th century structures with 19th century walls, both restored in the 20th century. They were built for the Earl of Harrington and are made of stone. The gate features two square piers that stand 12 feet high, flanked by low ashlar walls on either side, which rise at the junction with the piers and are topped by ridgeback copings. Each pier has a square fillet cut out of each corner and moulded bases. The west side of each pier is rusticated and includes a carved frieze displaying the shield of the Earl of Harrington, while the other sides are plain. Each pier is crowned with a moulded cornice and topped by a large ball finial.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Attached Walls to West of Service Court at Elvaston 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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