Alameda Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1972. Gate.
Alameda Gate
- WRENN ID
- frozen-parapet-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1972
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- Alameda Gate, Ampthill
- OS grid reference
- TL 032 380
- Coordinates
- 52.03166, -0.49684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alameda Gate is an early 19th-century structure featuring classical vases made of Coade stone. These vases are positioned on a pair of new piers at the entrance to the Alameda avenue, replacing the original wrought-iron gates that were donated by the Duke of Bedford to a school in Bedford.
Local climate
Alameda Gate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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