Rear Gate and Wall to Skeffington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. Gate and wall.

Rear Gate and Wall to Skeffington Hall

WRENN ID
heavy-courtyard-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1985
Type
Gate and wall
Address
Rear Gate and Wall to Skeffington Hall, Main Street
OS grid reference
SK 741 025
Coordinates
52.61612, -0.90637
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The rear gate and wall to Skeffington Hall, built in the late 18th century, features channelled ashlar gate piers that have incised key decoration along the frieze and pyramidal coping. The structure is complemented by a length of coursed ironstone rubble wall.

Local climate

Rear Gate and Wall 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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