Garden Entrance Gates, Hinwick Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. A C18 Gates.

Garden Entrance Gates, Hinwick Hall

WRENN ID
noble-pediment-burdock
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 July 1964
Type
Gates
Address
Garden Entrance Gates, Hinwick Hall, Podington
OS grid reference
SP 934 623
Coordinates
52.25128, -0.63198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden entrance gates at Hinwick Hall, dating from the 18th century, are made of wrought iron and feature supporting pilasters and side screens. The central gate is adorned with scrollwork and an overthrow decorated with waterleaves and flat nibs. The side gates have plain vertical bars with ribbon end scrolls at both the top and bottom, and bifurcated scrollwork patterns above. The pierced pilasters include a cornice and additional scrollwork. The lower side screens consist of plain verticals topped with simple scrollwork, and small side pilasters are finished with scrollwork finials.

Local climate

Garden Entrance Gates, 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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