Gate Piers to Skeffington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. Gate piers. 3 related planning applications.
Gate Piers to Skeffington Hall
- WRENN ID
- watchful-pediment-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1985
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers to Skeffington Hall, Rolleston Road, LE7 9YD
- OS grid reference
- SK 742 027
- Coordinates
- 52.61784, -0.90485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to Skeffington Hall are an early 19th-century gateway featuring paired gate piers and a flanking wall. The inner gate piers are made of channelled limestone ashlar and topped with eagles. These piers are connected by a curving wall constructed of coursed rubble to the outer piers, which are also made of channelled ashlar. The outer piers have low pyramidal coping and an incised key decoration along the frieze.
Local climate
Gate Piers to Skeffington Hall receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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