Gate Piers and Courtyard Wall to Keele Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Gate piers, courtyard wall.
Gate Piers and Courtyard Wall to Keele Hall
- WRENN ID
- haunted-passage-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme MP: Adam Jogee (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1985
- Type
- Gate piers, courtyard wall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 819 447
- Coordinates
- 53.00019, -2.27066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and courtyard wall at Keele Hall were built around 1860, likely designed by Anthony Salvin, who also rebuilt Keele Hall during this period. The gate piers are made of sandstone ashlar with smooth-faced rustication and are rectangular in shape. They feature a moulded plinth and capping, with empty statue niches on each long side, and carved bell-like finials that display the Sneyd coat-of-arms, topped with brass lanterns. To the left, the so-called Freshers' Gate is a modification made after 1950. The courtyard wall runs along the north-west side of the courtyard for approximately 30 meters and stands about 3 meters high. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with a chamfered plinth, moulded capping, and rusticated pilasters. There are seven globe finials with fleur-de-lys symbols on pedestals above the pilasters.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Courtyard Wall to Keele Hall receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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