The Gate House is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1949. A Early C19 House. 2 related planning applications.
The Gate House
- WRENN ID
- strange-step-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gate House, 2 and 4, Abbey Road, WR14 3HN
- OS grid reference
- SO 775 457
- Coordinates
- 52.10997, -2.32958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gate House is an early 19th-century building located on Abbey Road. It stands three storeys tall and is constructed of stucco on stone, topped with a slate roof that features wide eaves. The facade has four windows, with the first-floor windows being French style, adorned with marginal glazing bars and wrought-iron balconettes, one of which was damaged at the time of the survey. The ground floor includes three hung sash windows, also with glazing bars. There are two moulded wooden door cases, each with open pediments, carved pilasters, and radiating fanlights.
Local climate
The Gate House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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