Gates, Gate Piers and Wall to Tofte Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Gateway.
Gates, Gate Piers and Wall to Tofte Manor
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-steeple-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gates, Gate Piers and Wall to Tofte Manor, Souldrop Road, Sharnbrook
- OS grid reference
- SP 989 603
- Coordinates
- 52.23242, -0.55209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tofte Manor features a semi-circular entrance gateway built in 1902. The gateway is flanked by square piers at the outer ends of the arcs, with one pier adorned with a vase. The central piers, which support the wrought iron gates, are also square in design.
Local climate
Gates, Gate Piers and Wall to Tofte Manor sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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