Main Gateway to Blithfield Hall with Flanking Walls is a Grade II* listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Gateway.
Main Gateway to Blithfield Hall with Flanking Walls
- WRENN ID
- graven-granite-rush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Gateway
- OS grid reference
- SK 045 239
- Coordinates
- 52.81305, -1.93414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The main gateway to Blithfield Hall, along with its flanking walls, dates from around 1820. It is constructed of brick that is plastered and lined to resemble ashlar. The gateway features a four-centred arch with nail-studded doors, panelled spandrels, and a hood mould that ends in heads. Above the arch is a moulded string that leads to a crenellated parapet, which is situated between two octagonal corner turrets that have pseudo machicolated battlements. The gateway is flanked by short sections of battlemented wall, each ending with a battlemented octagonal turret. The turret on the right side connects to the screen wall of the kitchen courtyard, while the left turret is joined by a low crenellated and buttressed wall that slopes down to meet the south wall of the outer courtyard.
Local climate
Main Gateway to Blithfield Hall with Flanking Walls receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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