Forecourt Wall, Piers, Gates and Steps of Brereton House is a Grade II listed building in the Cannock Chase local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1951. Forecourt wall, piers, gates, steps.
Forecourt Wall, Piers, Gates and Steps of Brereton House
- WRENN ID
- lost-cinder-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cannock Chase
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase MP: Josh Newbury (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1951
- Type
- Forecourt wall, piers, gates, steps
- Address
- Forecourt Wall, Piers, Gates and Steps of Brereton House, Main Road, Brereton and Ravenhill
- OS grid reference
- SK 054 161
- Coordinates
- 52.74327, -1.92005
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt wall, piers, gates, and steps of Brereton House date from the 20th century. The structure features a low stone wall that is concave in shape and rises on the right-hand side. It is flanked by a pair of rusticated stone piers. In the center, there are plain wrought-iron gates with decorative openwork posts that were once topped with lanterns. Stone steps lead up to the entrance, with scrolled handrails on either side.
Local climate
Forecourt Wall, Piers, Gates and Steps of Brereton House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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