Gate Piers, Gates and Railings Forming Principal Entrance to Alton Park is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Gate piers and railings.
Gate Piers, Gates and Railings Forming Principal Entrance to Alton Park
- WRENN ID
- steep-latch-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Gate piers and railings
- Address
- Gate Piers, Gates and Railings Forming Principal Entrance to Alton Park, Farley Lane
- OS grid reference
- SK 070 436
- Coordinates
- 52.98975, -1.89601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, gates, and railings forming the main entrance to Alton Park date from the early 19th century. They feature rusticated ashlar gate piers and wrought iron gates and railings. There are four gate piers that are square in shape, topped with pyramidal caps. Two large piers flank the central gates, which are connected to two smaller end piers by short sections of railings adorned with spear heads.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Gates and Railings Forming Principal Entrance to Alton Park receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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