Gateway and Flanking Walls to Hodnet Hall Approximately 18 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Luke is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Gateway.
Gateway and Flanking Walls to Hodnet Hall Approximately 18 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Luke
- WRENN ID
- wild-bastion-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Gateway
- OS grid reference
- SJ 612 285
- Coordinates
- 52.85327, -2.57742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and flanking walls to Hodnet Hall, located approximately 18 metres to the south-west of the Church of Saint Luke, were constructed in 1887, likely by architect Anthony Salvin. They are made of grey sandstone ashlar and are designed in the Neo-Jacobean style.
On the east side, the gateway features flanking buttresses with chamfered offsets and reveals, along with banded rustication that returns as voussoirs. It has a raised keystone adorned with Ionic volutes and an inscription that reads "ESPERANCE / EN DIEU / 1954," with earlier lettering just visible beneath that states "? / CORVOS / 1887." The frieze includes raised rectangular panels, and there is an open triangular pediment supported by brackets, featuring a central globe finial in the tympanum. A carved family crest is present on the keystone at the rear.
The flanking walls are made of tooled ashlar, featuring ramped chamfered copings and square end piers topped with moulded caps and globe finials. The design of the gateway is reminiscent of another gateway dated 1631 and 1954 in Hodnet Park. Hodnet was historically the seat of the Vernons, and the current building, which is not included in this listing, dates from 1870.
Local climate
Gateway and Flanking Walls to Hodnet Hall Approximately 18 Metres to South West of Church of Saint Luke receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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