Lodge Approximately 20 Yards South of Triumphal Arch at Quixhill is a Grade II* listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1966. A Early 19th century Lodge.
Lodge Approximately 20 Yards South of Triumphal Arch at Quixhill
- WRENN ID
- knotted-keystone-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1966
- Type
- Lodge
- Period
- Early 19th century
- OS grid reference
- SK 100 412
- Coordinates
- 52.96868, -1.85171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This lodge, located approximately 20 yards south of the Triumphal Arch at Quixhill, dates from the early 19th century and is built of ashlar stone. It has a square plan and features a simple neo-classical style. The building is a single storey with a single cell and includes blind windows that have painted glazing bars, all set within a Tuscan portico that is distyle in antis. It is topped with a triangular pediment and has a plain parapet with a projecting band. This lodge is part of a significant group that marks a former entrance to Alton Towers.
Local climate
Lodge Approximately 20 Yards South of Triumphal Arch at Quixhill receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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