Gravel Pit Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Lodge.

Gravel Pit Lodge

WRENN ID
keen-steel-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
Lodge
Address
Gravel Pit Lodge, Drayton Road, Swynnerton
OS grid reference
SJ 851 407
Coordinates
52.96374, -2.22243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gravel Pit Lodge, dated 1859, is a two-storey building. The ground floor is constructed of stone rubble, while the first floor features a decorative timber frame and plaster. On the left side, there is a gable, with a smaller projecting gable below it set on a rounded stone base. The south side displays a gable with an overhanging oriel window above a stone mullioned canted bay window, which has leaded lights. At the rear, there is a plain doorway situated under a projecting hipped bay. A massive stone and brick chimney is located on the west side, and the roof is covered with tiles.

Local climate

Gravel Pit Lodge receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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