Gateway and Boundary Wall at Cook Street Entrance to Lady Herberts Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2001. A C20 Gateway.

Gateway and Boundary Wall at Cook Street Entrance to Lady Herberts Garden

WRENN ID
open-column-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Coventry
Constituency
Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 July 2001
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
SP 335 794
Coordinates
52.41204, -1.50823
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway and boundary wall at the Cook Street entrance to Lady Herbert's Garden were designed between 1930 and 1931 by Albert Herbert in memory of his cousin Sir Alfred Herbert's wife, Florence Herbert. Constructed from ashlar and bronze, the structure features a pair of square gatepiers with plinths, chamfered corners, and simply moulded caps. The original bronze gateposts are still in place, although the gates were replaced in the late 20th century. The wall has a plinth and moulded coping and formerly included ornamental bronze railings. The wall extends approximately 8 meters to the left of the gateway and about 20 meters to the right, where it connects to the 14th-century Cook Street Gateway, which is part of the city wall.

Local climate

Gateway and Boundary Wall at Cook Street Entrance to Lady Herberts Garden receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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