Gates, Gatepiers, and Railings to South of the Etwall Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1985. A Georgian Gate structure.
Gates, Gatepiers, and Railings to South of the Etwall Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- inner-rotunda-alder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1985
- Type
- Gate structure
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Gates, Gatepiers, and Railings to South of the Etwall Almshouses, Church Hill, DE65 6LW
- OS grid reference
- SK 268 320
- Coordinates
- 52.88515, -1.60195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates, gatepiers, and railings to the south of the Etwall Almshouses date from the early 18th century and 1849. The gates were designed by Robert Bakewell and originally came from Etwall Hall. They were re-erected after restoration in 1984. The structure features wrought iron, brick, and stone. There are low brick walls with chamfered stone copings on either side of the gates, topped with plain railings that have square stiles and urn finials. At each end of the railings, there are pairs of brick gate piers with moulded stone cornices. In the center, a large pair of gates is set in a frame with scrolled panels. The gates are simple, featuring only an arrowhead dograil at the base and plain square rails. Above the frame is an impressive overthrow with a central painted shield and a crest of a hawk holding a buckle, flanked by scrollwork with leaves and flowers. Side panels also have scrolled overthrows. The gates were originally made for the Sleigh family of Etwall Hall, and the railings were installed in 1849 by the Trustees of the Almshouses following a riot by the almsmen.
Local climate
Gates, Gatepiers, and Railings to South of the Etwall Almshouses receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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