The Gothic Gateway (Shenstones Eyecatcher) is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1963. Garden structure.
The Gothic Gateway (Shenstones Eyecatcher)
- WRENN ID
- ancient-facade-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1963
- Type
- Garden structure
- Address
- The Gothic Gateway (Shenstones Eyecatcher), Enville Hall, Enville, Stourbridge, DY7 5HD
- OS grid reference
- SO 821 859
- Coordinates
- 52.47088, -2.26484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gothic Gateway, also known as Shenstones Eyecatcher, is a garden structure built in the mid to late 18th century by Sanderson Miller. It is constructed of ashlar and features a castellated Gothic Revival style. The central part of the structure includes a three-centred carriage arch with a dummy portcullis, a castellated gable, and two cylindrical turrets on either side, each topped with corbelled and castellated caps and featuring blind panels. Low crenellated walls connect the gateway to two obliquely placed flanking pavilions, each of which has a three-centred open arch, corner turrets, and corbelled and crenellated parapets.
Local climate
The Gothic Gateway (Shenstones Eyecatcher) receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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