The Gatehouse is a Grade I listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1968. A Renaissance Gatehouse. 3 related planning applications.
The Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- swift-grate-grove
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1968
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Period
- Renaissance
- Address
- The Gatehouse, Tixall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 979 229
- Coordinates
- 52.8041, -2.03242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gatehouse, built around 1575, is a striking example of Elizabethan architecture. It has an ashlar stone facade and a rectangular shape, featuring octagonal turrets with ogee domes at each corner and a central archway. The building stands three storeys tall, with each level adorned with a different order of columns: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. A balustraded parapet crowns the structure. Inside, the space has been largely stripped, and the roof is nearly gone. The windows are designed with mullions and transoms.
Local climate
The Gatehouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% 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, 21 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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