Gatepiers to Drive Entrance, Hinwick Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Gatepiers.
Gatepiers to Drive Entrance, Hinwick Hall
- WRENN ID
- plain-ember-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Gatepiers
- Address
- Gatepiers to Drive Entrance, Hinwick Hall, Podington
- OS grid reference
- SP 934 621
- Coordinates
- 52.25001, -0.63219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers to the drive entrance of Hinwick Hall date back to around 1700. They are made of four rusticated limestone piers. The two inner piers feature modillion cornices, blocking courses, and ball finials, while the outer piers are smaller and lack modillion cornices. The entrance is completed with 20th-century wooden gates.
Local climate
Gatepiers to Drive Entrance, Hinwick Hall 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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