Gateway and Boundary Wall at Swanswell Entrance to Lady Herberts Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 2001. Gateway, boundary wall.

Gateway and Boundary Wall at Swanswell Entrance to Lady Herberts Garden

WRENN ID
inner-copper-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Coventry
Constituency
Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 May 2001
Type
Gateway, boundary wall
OS grid reference
SP 335 793
Coordinates
52.41093, -1.50784
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway and boundary wall at the Swanswell entrance to Lady Herbert's Garden were built in 1930 by Albert Herbert in memory of his cousin Sir Alfred Herbert's wife, Florence Herbert. Constructed from red sandstone ashlar, the structure features bronze railings and gates. It includes a pair of rebated square gatepiers topped with moulded square caps. The bronze gates have vertical bars, decorative foliage, and acanthus finials. Flanking walls curve inward and have chamfered plinths and coping with a roll mould. On the left side, there is a bronze plaque inscribed 'Lady Herbert's Garden'. The top of the wall is adorned with a bronze railing about 125mm high, featuring a single square bar supported by posts with acorn finials and the initials 'FH' for Florence Herbert.

Local climate

Gateway and Boundary Wall at Swanswell 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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