Gate Piers, Gates and Adjoining Walls to North and South at Giffard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1973. A C18 Gate pier and wall.

Gate Piers, Gates and Adjoining Walls to North and South at Giffard Cross

WRENN ID
pitched-obsidian-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Staffordshire
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1973
Type
Gate pier and wall
OS grid reference
SJ 880 074
Coordinates
52.66461, -2.17759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers, gates, and adjoining walls at Giffard Cross date from the 18th century and are located between the Upper Avenue and the Lower Avenue of Chillington Park. There are four rusticated ashlar piers topped with ball ornaments, which flank a central double gate and two single outer gates. The structure includes ashlar walls on both the left and right sides, along with cast iron gates.

Local climate

Gate Piers, Gates and Adjoining Walls to North and South at Giffard Cross receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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